Comparison of the content of PACK Child and 2014 South African version of IMCI,39 arranged according to page sections in PACK Child
| PACK Child | Covered in IMCI | PACK Child | Covered in IMCI |
| Symptom pages | Routine care pages | ||
| Assess and manage child’s fluid needs | Yes | Help baby breathe at birth | Yes |
| Manage glucose | Yes | Assess and interpret growth | Yes |
| Fever | Yes | First assessment of the newborn | Limited |
| Pallor or anaemia | Yes | Baby <2 months old: routine care | Limited |
| Wheeze | Yes | Child ≥2 months old: routine care | Limited |
| Diarrhoea | Yes | Screen the child in the prep room | No |
| Seizures/fits | Limited* | Routine visit (schedule) | No |
| Eye/vision symptoms | Limited | Long - term health condition pages | |
| Ear symptom/difficulty hearing | Limited | Breast feeding | Yes |
| Mouth and throat symptoms | Limited | Formula feeding | Yes |
| Cough and/or breathing problems | Limited | Eating | Yes |
| Jaundice | Limited | Poor growth in the child <2 months old | Yes |
| Skin symptoms | Limited | The underweight child | Yes |
| Painful skin | Limited | Not growing well/growth faltering | Yes |
| Generalised itchy rash | Limited | Acute malnutrition | Yes |
| Localised itchy rash/itch with no rash | Limited | The child with a close TB contact | Yes |
| Generalised red rash | Limited | Check for TB | Yes |
| Lumps and bumps on skin | Limited | TB: routine care | Yes |
| Crusts, flaky skin and ulcers | Limited | TB medication | Yes |
| The emergency child | No | HIV: diagnosis | Yes |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | No | HIV: routine care | Yes |
| Choking | No | Monitor the child with HIV | Yes |
| Decreased level of consciousness | No | Start ART | Yes |
| The injured child | No | Medication dosing chart | Yes |
| Fracture/s | No | Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV | Yes |
| Bites and stings | No | Eczema | Limited |
| Burns | No | Chronic malnutrition | No |
| The blue child | No | Overweight | No |
| Poisoning | No | The child with a drug-resistant TB contact | No |
| The inconsolable crying/irritable child | No | Post-exposure prophylaxis | No |
| Headache | No | The child with allergy | No |
| The tired or lethargic child | No | Asthma | No |
| Lumps/swellings in neck, axilla or groin | No | Epilepsy | No |
| Nose symptoms | No | Bronchiectasis | No |
| Face symptoms | No | Known heart problem | No |
| Gum/teeth symptoms | No | Chronic arthritis | No |
| Recurrent respiratory symptoms | No | Cerebral palsy | No |
| Abdominal symptoms | No | Down syndrome | No |
| Vomiting/refluxing | No | Life-limiting illness: routine palliative care | No |
| Constipation | No | Charts | |
| Anal symptoms/worms | No | Weight-for-age chart: girls | Yes |
| Genital symptoms | No | Weight-for-age chart: boys | Yes |
| Urinary symptoms | No | Height-for-age chart: girls | Yes |
| Back pain | No | Height-for-age chart: boys | Yes |
| Arm or hand symptoms | No | Weight-for-height charts: girls and boys | No |
| Leg symptoms/limp/walking problems | No | BMI chart: girls | No |
| Foot symptoms | No | BMI chart: boys | No |
| Joint symptoms | No | Weight-for-age chart: cerebral palsy (GMFCS IV) | No |
| Altered skin colour | No | Weight-for-age chart: cerebral palsy (GMFCS V) | No |
| Nappy rash | No | Useful tools for clinicians | |
| Hair and scalp symptoms | No | Protect yourself from occupational infection | No |
| Nail symptoms | No | Protect yourself from occupational stress | No |
| Suspected child abuse/neglect | No | Communicate effectively | No |
| The stressed, miserable or angry child | No | Prescribe rationally | No |
| Behaviour problems | No | Medication dosing tables | No |
| Communication problem | No | Helpline numbers | No |
| Not moving or sitting properly | No | Quick reference chart | No |
| School problems/bullying | No | ||
| Sleep problems | No | ||
| Parenting difficulty | No | ||
ART, antiretroviral therapy; BMI, Body Mass Index; IMCI, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness; PACK, Practical Approach to Care Kit; TB, tuberculosis; GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System.
*Limited—these topics are covered to a limited extent in the 2014 South African version of IMCI.