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Unit assessment
Choose the most appropriate answers.
1. Decide who should receive community based care and who should be admitted
to inpatient facilities.
| Sex,length,weight | W/H SD | Oedema | State |
Community
care |
Inpatient
facility |
| a) Girl, 82cm, 7.8kg | <-3SD | No oedema | Clinically well, has appetite |
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| b) Boy, 74cm, 7.9kg | -2SD | No oedema | Loss of appetite |
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| c) Girl, 73.8cm, 6.2kg | <-3SD | No oedema | High fever |
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| d) Boy, 67cm, 6.1kg | <-3SD | ++ oedema | Alert, has appetite |
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| e) Girl, 55.5cm, 3.9kg | <-2SD | ++ oedema | Severe anaemia |
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| f) Girl, 67.1cm, 4.9kg | <-3SD | No oedema | Alert but no appetite |
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| g) Boy, 90cm, 6.1kg | <-2SD | + oedema | Severe dehydration |
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| h) Girl, 70.5cm, 6.1kg | <-3SD | No oedema | Very hungry |
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Please complete the question.
