Posts Tagged ‘health tips’

Tips on Treating Children

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Tips on Treating ChildrenTreating children with vaso-occlusive crisis
A. GENERAL
• Hydration: On average applies 2000cc/m2/24horas of intravenous fluids more electrolyte-free intake by mouth.
• Analgesics
- Acetaminophen: 20 mg / kg / dose every 4-6 hours per hour VO
- Tramal: 1-2 mg / kg / dose IV every 6 hours for hours, alone in crisis
unrelieved painful to acetaminophen or ibuprofen
- Ibuprofen: 5-10 mg / kg / dose every 6 hours VO
• transfusion:
Sequestration crisis
Aplastic crisis
Cor anemic
A.C.V. ischemic
Pneumonia + Hypoxia
vaso-occlusive crises not responding to treatment
Prior to any surgical procedure
Prevention A.C.V. ischemic
Chronic lung or heart failure
Prolonged hematuria
Recurrent Priapism
Pregnancy complicated

TREATMENT OF FEVER WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN vaso-occlusive crisis:
• Search infectious outbreak
- Paraclinical: CBC with corpuscular indices, reticulocytes, ESR, Rx of thorax, culture (blood culture, urine culture)
• Antiobioticos: start taking antibiotics prior to culture with ceftriaxone 100mg/k/dia
• Crisis associated
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Helping Children to Eat Healthy Foods

Monday, November 29th, 2010

helping children to eat healthy foods

For parents and other adults in charge, include healthy foods in the diet of children often poses a big challenge sometimes becomes problematic and even disrupts the relationship with the child.

However, we know that it is impossible even if we assume that it is not easy, therefore, we give you some tips on how to help children eat healthy foods to contribute to a more balanced infant diet.

First, we must remember that children imitate adults, and usually eat what is daily, so if you sit from childhood to share the family table and we all eat spinach tortilla, the child will eat too.

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