Community Medicine · Preventive Medicine in Obstetrics, Paediatrics & Geriatrics
1.You are the medical officer of a PHC. An Anganwadi worker of your area reported that a 2-year-old child is having a weight for height lower than -3 SD as per growth chart. There is history of recurrent respiratory infections present in the child.
2.You are the medical officer of Primary Health Centre. During a family visit, you found a child, two years old having cough and fever since one week. On examination child had increased temperature, fast breathing with respiratory rate 44/minute, but no chest indrawing.
3.During a family visit, Muniyamma’s son Ramu, aged 4 years was having diarrhea since morning. Muniyamma’s daughter Shwetha aged 20 months is also suffering from diarrhea for past 3 days. She is passing loose stools, 10 episodes per day. Her eyes are sunken. Mouth and tongue are dry. She is eager to drink water, but Muniyamma has withheld water and food to her children because of an erroneous belief. How will you manage this situation. Problems
4.Sumitha has delivered a term baby of birth weight 2kg in a PHC. As a medical officer how will you assess the health and provide immediate neonatal care
5.Four months old Priya is brought to the primary health center with fever and cold for 3days. She is alert and her respiratory rate is 58/min. Grunting is present. How will you classify her diagnosis and what treatment will you give
1.Describe immediate newborn care
2.Causes of infant deaths in India
3.Baby friendly hospital initiative
1.Verbal autopsy is an important measure to reduce infant deaths in the community List the following
2.Growth chart is an educational tool to the mother