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Sudan Imci 1
Sudan Imci 1
Management of
Childhood Illness
IMCI Lecture 1
Adapted from: Alexandria University lectures
Edited By: Dr. Shaza Ahmed Sidahmed
IMCI/ SUDAN
Community REFERRAL
Component
IMCI CARE
MALNUTRITION
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Diseases NOT covered by IMCI
• The IMCI guidelines address the most
important but NOT ALL of the major
reasons a sick child or an infant is
brought to the clinic with.
• IMCI encourages the health provider to
assess problems not included in IMCI
charts. These are considered under the
box :
ASSESS OTHER PROBLEMS
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The IMCI Wall Charts
• For sick children aged 2 months – 5
years:
• Assess and Classify the sick child
• Treat the child
• Counsel the mother
• For sick infants from 1 week up to 2
months:
• Assess, Classify and Treat the sick
young infant
CHECK
for
GENERAL
DANGER SIGNS
in
ALL SICK
Children
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General Danger Signs
Checking for General danger si
gns
:
1- Unable to drink or breastfeed
2-Vomits every thing
3-
Has the child had convulsions?
4- Unconscious, lethargic
5- Is the child convulsing now
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ASK THE MOTHER WHAT THE CHILD’S PROBLEMS ARE?
Then
ASK
About:
COUGH OR
DIFFICULT
BREATHING
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Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI)
Importance
Definition
Role of IMCI
Pneumonia
Recognition • Fast breathing
Wheezing
Causes •
Why Added ?
•• Lower
Lower chest
chest wall
wall indrawing
indrawing
•• Stridor
Stridor
•• Fast
Fast breathing
breathing
Index of :
Severe Pneumonia
or very severe disease
Reasonable sensitivity
& specificity " 89%".
60
50
40
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Wheezing: Causes
• Under age of 2 years - Bronchiolitis
• Older children plus those with recurrent
attacks of wheeze - bronchial asthma or
reactive airways disease
– Transient wheezers
– Persistent wheezers
• Other respiratory infections
• Inhaled foreign body
• Tuberculosis node compressing bronchus
CHEST INDRAWING or
STRIDOR
SEVERE PNEUMONIA
OR VERY SEVERE DISEASE
PNEUMONIA
PNEUMONIA
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No signs of
Pneumonia
or Very No Pneumonia,
Severe Cough or Cold
Disease
Antibiotics
DIARRHEA
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Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea
Assessment
Dehydration
Assessment • Classification
Home Fluids
Selection • Fluids to avoid
Persistent Diarrhoea
Definition • Causes
Classification
Dysentery
Classification
Antibiotics IMCI Student Lectures1 43
Assessment of Diarrhoea
DIARRHEA
Selection:
• Home Fluids for Diarrhea Must Be:
– Easy to prepare
• Contributing Factors
• Protein energy malnutrition
• Micronutrient deficiencies
• Immunodeficiency
EFFECTIVE INEFFECTIVE
• Co-Trimoxazole • Metronidazole
• • Streptomycin
Nalidixic acid
• Chloramphenicol
• Pivmecillinam • Sulfonamide
• Ceftriaxone • Cepholosporins
• Ciprofloxacin • Aminoglycosides
• Other quinolones • Nitrofurans
ASK
about :
EAR
PROBLEM
ASK
about
FEVER
Classification of Fever
Overview
Stiff neck
Classification of fever
Referral
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Fever after seven Days
Referral in Order To:
• Differentiate between simple viral fevers and other
diseases where the only presenting symptom is fever
• Detect conditions needing diagnostic and therapeutic
intervention
– Tuberculosis
– Urinary tract infection
– Typhoid, Brucellosis, Osteomyelitis, etc.
•
For how long?
.
· Look or feel for stiff neck
Look for runny nose
· If more than 7days, has fever Check BF Results +ve -ve
been present every day? Look for signs of Measles:
· Has the child had measles · Generalised rash and
within the last 3 months? · One of these: cough, runny nose,
or red eyes.
Continue Feeding…
Pallor
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COUNSEL THE MOTHER
FOOD:
• Assess Child’s Feeding
• Feeding Recommendations during Illness & Health
• Counsel the Mother about Feeding Problems
FLUID
• Advise the Mother to Increase Fluid During
Illness
Advise the Mother when to Return to Health Worker