Guía de atención integral al paciente desnutrido en el Servicio de Urgencias

this paper described a sequential strategy of behaviours that should be followed in the case of an undernourished child that goes to the emergency service at the polyclinics or hospital. this strategy is based on the need of standardizing the care to a patient who has been referred by the family physician to the upper level of health care and initially received by a medical and paramedical staff in an emergency room. it is indispensable to raise the level of knowledge and performance in treating this kind of patient whose follow-up is extremely important, since most of the time life prognosis depends on it. the implementation of this comprehensive care assures the good course of recovery of the patient. it was concluded that the undernourished children, because of their very special characteristics, need a high quality care at the emergency service that leads to reduction in morbidity and mortality risks.