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    A 9-month-old boy was admitted to the pediatric ward presenting with diarrhea, cough, and inability to feed for 5 days. On exam, he was lethargic, severely wasted, moderately dehydrated, pale, and had oral thrush, with bilateral coarse crackles but no fever or respiratory distress. His weight, length, and weight-for-height Z-score indicated severe malnutrition. The steps for initiating management of his severe malnutrition are to treat or prevent hypoglycemia, hypothermia, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalance; treat or prevent infection; treat micronutrient deficiencies; start cautious feeding; achieve catch-up growth; provide sensory stimulation and emotional support; and prepare for

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    A 9-month-old boy was admitted to the pediatric ward presenting with diarrhea, cough, and inability to feed for 5 days. On exam, he was lethargic, severely wasted, moderately dehydrated, pale, and had oral thrush, with bilateral coarse crackles but no fever or respiratory distress. His weight, length, and weight-for-height Z-score indicated severe malnutrition. The steps for initiating management of his severe malnutrition are to treat or prevent hypoglycemia, hypothermia, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalance; treat or prevent infection; treat micronutrient deficiencies; start cautious feeding; achieve catch-up growth; provide sensory stimulation and emotional support; and prepare for

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    A 9-month-old boy was admitted to the pediatric ward presenting with diarrhea, cough, and inability to feed for 5 days. On exam, he was lethargic, severely wasted, moderately dehydrated, pale, and had oral thrush, with bilateral coarse crackles but no fever or respiratory distress. His weight, length, and weight-for-height Z-score indicated severe malnutrition. The steps for initiating management of his severe malnutrition are to treat or prevent hypoglycemia, hypothermia, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalance; treat or prevent infection; treat micronutrient deficiencies; start cautious feeding; achieve catch-up growth; provide sensory stimulation and emotional support; and prepare for

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    A 9 month old boy was admitted to the pediatric ward presenting with diarrhea and cough for > 2
    weeks and inability to feed for 5 days now. On physical exam, he is lethargic, afebrile (35.6 C)
    severely wasted, moderately dehydrated, pale and has oral thrush. He is not in respiratory
    distress but has bilateral coarse crackles. His weight is 6.7kg, length 74cm and found the Z score
    of weight for height is <-3. You want to initiate management for severe malnutrition. Please
    write down the steps that you should follow.

    Marking sheet

    Instructor: __________________ Candidate NO:_________

    # Checklist Achieved Not achieved


    1 Treat/prevent hypoglycaemia
    2 Treat/prevent hypothermia
    3 Treat/prevent dehydration
    4 Correct electrolyte imbalance
    5 Treat/prevent infection
    6 Treat micronutrient deficiencies
    7 Start cautious feeding
    8 Achieve catch-up growth
    9 Provide sensory stimulation and
    emotional support
    10 Prepare for follow-up after recovery

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