Care | Conditions |
---|---|
Antibiotics | Broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics |
Oxygen therapy | If oxygen saturation < 90% or signs of hypoxia |
Additional supportive care | Airway management, fever treatment, bronchodilators or steroids, fluids and nutritional support (including breastfeeding or nasogastric tube if needed) |
Specific therapies for comorbidities | HIV infection, malnutrition |
Chest X-ray | If possible, for children with severe pneumonia not responding to treatment or complications or unclear diagnosis or associated with HIV |
Monitoring | By a nurse at least every 3 h and by a doctor at least twice a day |
Follow up | If possible, 2 weeks after discharge, to check the child’s nutrition |