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Supportive Therapy
- Parents of children who do not require hospitalization should be advised about:
- Use of antipyretics to manage fever
- Preventing dehydration
- Determining signs of deterioration or signs of other serious illness after 48 hours of antibiotic therapy
- Patients admitted in the hospital, whose oxygen saturation is <92% while breathing room air, should be given oxygen via nasal cannula, head box, or face mask to sustain oxygen saturation >95%
- Fluid therapy (eg IV fluid replacement or nasogastric feeds) is recommended in patients who are unable to maintain their fluid intake secondary to breathlessness, fatigue, or vomiting
- Plasma sodium, potassium, urea and/or creatinine should be measured at baseline and at least daily in patients on intravenous fluids
