Pocket book of hospital care for children: Guidelines for the management of common illness with limited resources
- Geneva W.H.O 2005
- Xx, 378p.
Discusses the requirements that should be in children?s referral hospitals which include the capacity o carry out essential investigations like blood smear examinations for malaria parasites, estimation of haemoglobin or packed cell volume. Availability of essential drugs for the care of seriously ill children is also discussed. Examines inpatient management of the major causes of childhood mortality like pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles and malaria.