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Question 1
A 9-month-old infant is brought to a South African district clinic with watery diarrhoea for 2 days. The child is restless and irritable, has sunken eyes, drinks eagerly when offered fluid, and a skin pinch goes back slowly. Using the IMCI classification, how is this child's dehydration classified?
Correct Answer:
Some dehydration
Question 2
According to the South African expanded programme on immunisation (EPI-SA) schedule, at which age is the first dose of measles-containing vaccine routinely given?
Correct Answer:
6 months
Question 3
A newborn delivered at a district hospital is apnoeic and floppy at 30 seconds of life despite drying, warming and stimulation. According to neonatal resuscitation principles, what is the single most important first intervention?
Correct Answer:
Effective positive-pressure ventilation
Question 4
A 2-year-old in a rural clinic has bilateral pitting oedema of the feet, a thin sparse hair pattern and is miserable. Mid-upper-arm circumference is 12.0 cm. According to IMCI and SA nutritional guidelines, how should this child be classified?
Correct Answer:
Complicated severe acute malnutrition requiring inpatient care
Question 5
A 4-year-old presents to a district hospital with fever, neck stiffness, photophobia and a non-blanching petechial rash. While awaiting transfer and lumbar puncture, what is the most appropriate immediate management according to South African standard treatment guidelines?
Correct Answer:
Immediate intravenous or intramuscular ceftriaxone
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