A 2-year-old female child was brought to a PHC with a history of cough and fever for 4 days with inability to drink for last 12 hours. On examination, the child was having weight of 5 kg, and respiratory rate of 45/minute with fever. The child will be classified as suffering from:
The child is unable to drink water for 12hrs & weight of the child is 5kg which is less than expected (12kg), which shows severe malnutrition. Inability to drink constitutes a danger sign amongst the clinical manifestations and classifies the pneumonia as very severe disease. Ref: Park's Textbook Of Preventive And Social Medicine By K. Park, 19th Edition, Page 146; Park's Textbook Of Preventive And Social Medicine By K. Park, 18th Edition, Page 142, 143
Very severe disease
Severe Pneumonia
Pneumonia
No Pneumonia