Amount of ORS given in 4 KG children with diarrhoea
The family should be provided with at least two days woh of ORS packets.WHO recommends, in addition to infants continued to be breastfed, that children older than six months be given some food before being sent home, which helps to emphasize to parents the impoance of continuing to feed the child during diarrhoea.Body wt = 4 kg.Requirements 75 ml/kg.So total requirements 75x4 = 200 ml.
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