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What is 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 - and explain in detail?
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Very severe disease o Classification of acute respiratory tract infection (AI) is very impoant because each class has a corresponding treatment plan. o Classification is different for young infants and older infants & child because young infants have special characteristics. o So, acute respiratory tract infection is classified differently for :- i) Child aged 2 month upto 5 years ii) Young infant (Infant less than 2 months) Child aged 2 months upto 5 years The sick child can be put into one of the four classification. i) Very severe disease ii) Severe pneumonia iii) Pneumonia (not severe) iv) Non pneumonia; cough or cold