Treatment — Visit 31

Care module This visit General OPD

Drug management

Treatment plan, medicines, health education, then where the patient is directed (pharmacy, inpatient, theatre), and disposition.

Medication guideline

First choice:
- Artesunate + Amodiaquine — Tablet — 100 + 270 mg PO qd 3 days — (6 -13 years , 18kg - 35kg)
- Paracetamol — Tablet / 500mg — 500 mg PO tds PRN — (15.1kg-35kg, 5-14 years)
- Ferrous sulphate — TAblet — 200 mg PO qd 2 months — (Mild to moderate anaemia)
- Artesunate — Injection — 2.4 mg/kg body weight IV or IM On admission (time = 0), then at 12 hours, 24 hours, then qd Until patient can swallow — (Severe malaria)

Second choice:
- Artemether + Lumefantrine — Tablet / 20mg+ 120mg — 40+140 mg PO bd 3 days — (7-12 years,25-34kg)
- Artemether — Injection — 3.2 mg/kg on admission IM 3.2 mg/kg IM on admission, then 1.6 mg/kg IM daily Until patient can swallow — (Severe malaria)
- Quinine — Injection — Loading dose: 20 mg/kg, Maintenance dose: 10 mg/kg IV — (Severe malaria)
- Artemisinin — suppositories — Loading dose: 40 mg/kg,  Maintenance: 20 mg/kg at 24, 48, and 72 intra-rectally Until patient can swallow — (Severe malaria)
- Artesunate — suppositories — 200 mg intra-rectally at 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 hours — (Severe malaria)

Medications (guideline)

First choice:
- Artesunate + Amodiaquine — Tablet — 100 + 270 mg PO qd 3 days — (6 -13 years , 18kg - 35kg)
- Paracetamol — Tablet / 500mg — 500 mg PO tds PRN — (15.1kg-35kg, 5-14 years)
- Ferrous sulphate — TAblet — 200 mg PO qd 2 months — (Mild to moderate anaemia)
- Artesunate — Injection — 2.4 mg/kg body weight IV or IM On admission (time = 0), then at 12 hours, 24 hours, then qd Until patient can swallow — (Severe malaria)

Second choice:
- Artemether + Lumefantrine — Tablet / 20mg+ 120mg — 40+140 mg PO bd 3 days — (7-12 years,25-34kg)
- Artemether — Injection — 3.2 mg/kg on admission IM 3.2 mg/kg IM on admission, then 1.6 mg/kg IM daily Until patient can swallow — (Severe malaria)
- Quinine — Injection — Loading dose: 20 mg/kg, Maintenance dose: 10 mg/kg IV — (Severe malaria)
- Artemisinin — suppositories — Loading dose: 40 mg/kg, Maintenance: 20 mg/kg at 24, 48, and 72 intra-rectally Until patient can swallow — (Severe malaria)
- Artesunate — suppositories — 200 mg intra-rectally at 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 hours — (Severe malaria)

Medications

Administered medications

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Medicines Administered

First line Second line

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Other medications (manual entry)

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Health education messages provided

Care pathway after management

Patient directed to

Follow-up & disposition (after discharge)

Final outcome: follow-up at home or clinic, referral, or mortuary.

Disposition

Follow-up location

When

Details

Referred to hospital

Time of death

Who is entering?

Optional. Use when the person entering data differs from the logged-in user, or for documentation.

Name

Role

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