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| Summary: | The revised guidelines present two major changes to existing guidelines: (A) there are now just 2 categories of pneumonia instead of 3 ("pneumonia" which is treated at home with oral amoxicillin and "severe pneumonia" which requires injectable antibiotics) and (B) oral amoxicillin replaces oral cotrimoxazole as first line treatment, preferably in 250mg dispersible tablet form, twice daily for five days which can be reduced to three days in low HIV settings
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page. - "This document is derived from previously published WHO guidelines on the management of childhood pneumonia and is not a guideline per se. References for the guidelines are: [1] Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). WHO recommendations on the management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in HIV-infected infants and children. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010 (http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/9789241548083/en) AND [2] Recommendations for management of common childhood conditions, Evidence for technical update of pocket book recommendations. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012 (http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/management_childhood_conditions/en)." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (iv, 26 pages) illustrations |
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| ISBN: | 9789241507813 |
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