MANAGEMENT OF THE SICK CHILD AGED 2 MONTHS UP TO 5 YEARS

Name: Age: Sex: Weight (kg): Height/Length (cm): Temperature (°C):

Ask: What are the child's problems? Initial Visit? Follow-up Visit? Date:

ASSESS (Circle all signs present) CLASSIFY

CHECK FOR GENERAL DANGER SIGN General danger sign
NOT ABLE TO DRINK OR BREASTFEED LETHARGIC OR UNCONSCIOUS present?
VOMITS EVERYTHING CONVULSING NOW Yes No
CONVULSIONS Remember to use
Danger sign when
selecting
classifications
DOES THE CHILD HAVE COUGH OR DIFFICULT BREATHING? YES NO
For how long? Days Count the breaths in one minute: breaths per minute. Fast breathing?
Look for chest indrawing
Look and listen for stridor
Look and listen for wheezing
DOES THE CHILD HAVE DIARRHEA? YES NO
For how long? Days Look at the child's general condition. Is the child:
Is there blood in the stool? Lethargic or unconscious? Restless and irritable?
Look for sunken eyes.
Offer the child fluid. Is the child:
Not able to drink or drinking poorly? Drinking eagerly, thirsty?
Pinch the skin of the abdomen. Does it go back:
Very slowly (longer then 2 seconds)? Slowly?
DOES THE CHILD HAVE FEVER?(by history/feels hot/temperature 37.5°C or above) YES NO
Decide malaria risk LOOK AND FEEL:
Does the child live in malaria area? Look or feel for stiff neck
Has the child visited/travelled or stayed overnight in a Look for runny nose
malaria area in the past 3 weeks?
If malaria risk, obtain a blood smear. Look for signs of MEASLES
(+) (Pf) (Pv) (-) (Not done) Generalized rash and
For how long has the child had fever? days One of these, cough, runny nose, or red eyes
If more than 7 days, has fever been present every day? Look for any other cause of fever
Has the child had measles within the past 3 months?
If the child has measles now or within the last Look for mouth ulcers. If yes, are they deep and extensive?
3 months: Look for pus draining from the eye.
Look for clouding of the cornea.
ASSESS DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER YES NO
THEN ASK: LOOK AND FEEL:
Has the child had any bleeding from the nose or gums or in Look for bleeding from nose or gums
the vomitus or stool? Look for skin petechiae
Has the chid had black vomitusor stool? Feel for cold and clammyextremities
Has the child had persistent abdominal pain? Check capillary refill seconds.
Has the child had persistent vomiting? Perform tourniquet test if child is 6 months or older AND has no other signs
AND has fever for more than 3 days.
DOES THE CHILD HAVE AN EAR PROBLEM? YES NO
Is there ear pain? Look for pus draining from the ear
Is there ear discharge? If Yes, for how long? Days Feel for tender swelling behind the ear
THEN CHECK FOR ACUTE MALNUTRITION Look for edema of both feet.
AND ANEMIA Determine WFH/L z-score:
Less than -3? Between -3 and -2? -2 or more ?
Child 6 months or older measure MUAC mm.
Look for palmar pallor.
Severe palmar pallor? Some palmar pallor?
If child has MUAC less than 115 mm or WFH/L Is there any medical complication: General danger sign?
less than -3 Z scores: Any severe classification? Pneumonia with chest indrawing?
Child 6 months or older: Offer RUTF to eat. Is the child:
Not able to finish? Able to finish?
Child less than 6 months: Is there a breastfeeding problem?
CHECK FOR HIV INFECTION
Note mother's and/or child's HIV status
Mother's HIV test: NEGATIVE POSITIVE NOT DONE/KNOWN
Child's virological test: NEGATIVE POSITIVE NOT DONE Child's
serological test: NEGATIVE POSITIVE NOT DONE If mother
is HIV-positive and NO positive virological test in child:
Is the child breastfeeding now?
Was the child breastfeeding at the time of test or 6 weeks before it?
If breastfeeding: Is the mother and child on ARV prophylaxis?
CHECK THE CHILD'S IMMUNIZATION STATUS (Circle immunizations needed today), Vitamin A Return for next
status,deworming status, Dental Check-up { Circle if needed today} immunization on:
BCG Pentavalent 1 Pentavalent 2 Pentavalent 3 Measles1 MMR Vitamin A
(Date)
Hep B0 OPV-1 OPV-2 OPV-3 Mebendazole/Albendazole
RTV-1 RTV-2 RTV-3 Dental check-up
PCV-1 PCV-2 PCV-3
ASSESS FEEDING if the child is less than 2 years old, has MODERATE ACUTE MALNUTRITION, ANEMIA, or is FEEDING
HIV exposed or infected PROBLEMS
Do you breastfeed your child? Yes No
If yes, how many times in 24 hours? times. Do you breastfeed during the night? Yes No
Does the child take any other foods or fluids? Yes No
If Yes, what food or fluids?
How many times per day? times. What do you use to feed the child?
If MODERATE ACUTE MALNUTRITION: How large are servings?
Does the child receive his own serving? Who feeds the child and how?
During this illness, has the child's feeding changed? Yes No
If Yes, how?
ASSESS OTHER PROBLEMS: ASK ABOUT MOTHER'S OWN HEALTH

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