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Use Your Chart Booklet To Decide Which Classification(s) AND TREATMENTS

The document describes 10 cases presenting with various symptoms of illness. It provides details on each case's symptoms, medical history, examination findings and test results. For each case, the reader is asked to use the chart booklet to determine the appropriate classification(s) and recommended treatment. The cases include children of varying ages presenting with conditions such as diarrhea, fever, cough, rash, convulsions and others. Determining the proper classification and treatment involves considering features like dehydration severity, malnutrition, HIV status, immunization history and other relevant factors.

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Use Your Chart Booklet To Decide Which Classification(s) AND TREATMENTS

The document describes 10 cases presenting with various symptoms of illness. It provides details on each case's symptoms, medical history, examination findings and test results. For each case, the reader is asked to use the chart booklet to determine the appropriate classification(s) and recommended treatment. The cases include children of varying ages presenting with conditions such as diarrhea, fever, cough, rash, convulsions and others. Determining the proper classification and treatment involves considering features like dehydration severity, malnutrition, HIV status, immunization history and other relevant factors.

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1. Gretel has had diarrhoea for 2 days.

The girl:
 does not have blood in the stool
 is restless and irritable
 has sunken eyes
 is not able to drink
 has a skin pinch that goes back very slowly
Use your chart booklet to decide which classification(s) AND TREATMENTS

2. Jose has had diarrhoea for 5 days.


The boy:
 has no blood in the stool
 is not lethargic or unconscious
 is not restless and irritable
 has eyes that look normal and are not sunken
 drinks eagerly when offered water
 has a skin pinch that goes back immediately
Use your chart booklet to decide which classification(s) AND
TREATMENTS

3. Ernesto is 10 months old. He weighs 8 kg. He is 68 cm in length. His temperature


is 38.5°C.He is here today because he has had diarrhoea for 3 days. His mother
noticed blood in the child's stool.
The boy:
 does not have any general danger sign
 does not have a cough or difficulty breathing
 is not lethargic or unconscious
 is not restless or irritable
 does not have sunken eyes
 drinks normally when offered some water and does not seem thirsty
 has a skin pinch that goes back immediately
Use your chart booklet to decide which classification(s) AND
TREATMENTS
4. Kareem is 5 months old. He weighs 5.2 kg. He is 58 cm in length. His axillary
temperature is 37.5°C. he feels hot, the health worker assessed Kareem further
for signs related to fever. It is the rainy season, and the risk of malaria is high.
His mother says he is not eating well. She says he feels hot, and she wants a
health worker to help him. The health worker has done a Malaria Rapid
Diagnostic test (RDT). It is positive for P. falciparum.

The boy:
 is able to drink
 has not vomited
 does not have convulsions
 is not lethargic or unconscious
 does not have a cough
 does not have diarrhoea
 has had fever for 2 days
 has not had measles within the past 3 months
 does not have a stiff neck
 does not have a runny nose
 does not have no signs suggesting measles
 does not have signs of other cause of fever
Use your chart booklet to decide which Karem classification(s) AND
TREATMENTS
5. Anders is 3 years old. He weighs 9.4 kg. His height is 75 cm. His temperature is
37°C. His mother says he feels hot. He also has a cough, she says.
The boy:
 is able to drink
 has not vomited
 does not have convulsions
 is not lethargic or unconscious
 has been coughing for 3 days
 takes 51 breaths a minute
 does not have chest indrawing
 does not have stridor when he is calm
 does not have wheezing
 does not have diarrhoea

Use your chart booklet to decide which Anders classification(s) AND TREATMENTS

6. Neera is 6 weeks old. Her weight is 4.2 kg. Her mother brings her to the clinic
because she has stopped feeding well and seems very sick. Neera makes no
movements during the assessment and only moves slightly on stimulation.
The mother says that there was no difficulty in feeding until Neera got sick,
but Neera has stopped feeding well since yesterday. She breastfed a little last
night.Neera is classified as having VERY SEVERE DISEASE.Neera is also
classified as having NO JAUNDICE and HIV UNLIKELYshe doesnot
have diarrhoea.

Use your chart booklet to decide which Neera classification(s) AND


TREATMENTS
7. Sashie is 5 weeks old. Her weight is 4 kg. Her mother brings her to the clinic because
she has a rash. She is classified as having LOCAL BACTERIAL INFECTION because
the health worker finds a red rash with just a few skin pustules on her buttocks. Sashie is
also classified as having NO JAUNDICE, HIV UNLIKELY and NO FEEDING PROBLEM
OR LOW WEIGHT.

Use your chart booklet to decide which Sashie classification(s) AND


TREATMENTS
8. Nirveli is 7 weeks old, she weighs 4.5 kg. Her birth weight was 2.5 kg. She is
breastfed. Nirveli’s mother is HIV-infected and on ARV prophylaxis. Nirveli’s
virological HIV test is negative.She is on nevirapine prophylaxis since birth. She
received BCG and OPV-0 vaccines at birth and DPT+HIB-1, OPV-1, and
Hepatitis B1 vaccines at six weeks.

Use your chart booklet to decide which Nirveii classification(s) AND


TREATMENTS

9. Atiya is 15 months old. She has no general danger signs. She has:
 PNEUMONIA
 NO ACUTE MALNUTRITION
 NO ANAEMIA
 HIV UNLIKELY
 no other classifications.
Atiya has received BCG and 3 DPT+HIB and OPV and Hep B doses.
Atiya has not previously received vitamin A and has not received mebendazole.

Use your chart booklet to decide which Karem classification(s) AND


TREATMENTS

10. Zahur is 2 years old. He has no general danger signs. He has:


 diarrhoea with SOME DEHYDRATION
 DYSENTERY
 FEVER: NO MALARIA (high malaria risk, fever 37.5°C in clinic, fever present for
2 days, malaria test negative)
 NO ACUTE MALNUTRITION
 NO ANAEMIA
 HIV UNLIKELY
 no other classifications.
Zahur has completed his immunizations and received vitamin A and mebendazole 3
months ago.

Use your chart booklet to decide which Zahur classification(s) AND


TREATMENTS
Neema is a 6-month-old girl. She has no general danger signs. She has:
 COUGH OR COLD
 Diarrhoea with NO DEHYDRATION
 PERSISTENT DIARRHOEA
 NO ACUTE MALNUTRITION
 NO ANAEMIA
 HIV EXPOSED
 NO MOUTH OR GUM ULCERS OR THRUSH
 no other classifications.
Does Neema need urgent referral?
Neema has no general danger signs and no severe classifications.

David is a 7-month-old boy. He has no general danger signs. He has:


 MASTOIDITIS
 MALARIA
 NO ACUTE MALNUTRITION
 NO ANAEMIA
 HIV UNLIKELY
 no other classifications.
Does David need urgent referral?
Very good, this is the correct answer. David has a severe classification MASTOIDITIS.

Marcel is a 2-year-old boy. He had one episode of convulsions lasting for about 20
minutes this morning and is not eating well. He has:
 NO ACUTE MALNUTRITION
 NO ANAEMIA
 HIV UNLIKELY
 no other classifications.
Does Marcel need urgent referral?
YES
Very good, this is the correct answer. More than one episode of convulsions during the present
illness or convulsions lasting for more than 15 minutes in children aged 6 months or more are
considered a general danger sign.

Habib is a 9-month-old boy. He is lethargic. He has:


 Diarrhoea with SEVERE DEHYDRATION
 MALARIA
 NO ACUTE MALNUTRITION
 NO ANAEMIA
 HIV UNLIKELY
 no other classifications.
The clinic can provide IV therapy. Does Habib need urgent referral?
NO Very good, this is the correct answer. Habib has a general danger sign which may be
related to dehydration. His only severe classification is SEVERE DEHYDRATION. The clinic
should use Plan C. Since this clinic can give IV therapy, Habib should be given IV therapy at the
clinic.

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