Domain of care | Criteria for considering the composite indicator achieved | Pneumonia | Dehydration | Severe malnutrition |
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Assessment | Patient adequately assessed if all the following signs are assessed | Level of consciousness ability to drinka, cyanosis, lower chest wall indrawing and respiratory rate | Level of consciousness, pulse characterb, ability to drinka, sunken eyes and skin turgor (and duration of skin fold to return) | Oedema, and weight for height Z-score or visual assessment of degree of severe wasting |
Classification | Consistent with CPGs/ETAT + if any the corresponding terms are used | Very severe pneumonia, severe pneumonia, | Shock, severe dehydration, some dehydration and no dehydration | Severe malnutrition, oedematous malnutrition, protein energy malnutrition, marasmic kwashiorkor, kwashiorkor marasmus |
Treatment | Consistent with CPGs if the following key treatment was prescribed at the correct dose and frequency (and duration for rehydration therapy) | Crystalline penicillin 50,000 units/kg/dose × 4 per day (+/-20%) and/or Gentamicin 7.5 mg/kg/day × 1 per day (+/-20%) | Hartman’s solutionc at 80–120 mls per kg if not given bolus for shock management or 56–120 mls per kg if given bolus for shock management given over 5–6 hours for patients ages 2–11 months and 2.5-3 hours in patients aged 12–59 months | 100-130 mls/kg/day (+/-20%) of F75d |
Follow-up care | Consistent with WHO/Kenya guidelines as adapted by the hospital staff | Evidence that doses of Crystalline penicillin were given as prescribed in the first 48 hrs of admissione | Evidence that intravenous fluid (IV) therapy for severe dehydration was monitored | Evidence that intake of feeds for severe malnutrition was monitorede |