Equipment sizes

ANNEX 3Equipment sizes

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Appropriate sizes of paediatric equipment according to age (weight) of child.

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Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children: Guidelines for the Management of Common Childhood Illnesses. 2nd edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2013. ANNEX 3, Equipment sizes.

Appropriate sizes of paediatric equipment according to age (weight) of child

Equipment	0–5 months (3–6 kg)	6–12 months (4–9 kg)	1–3 years (10–15 kg)	4–7 years (16–20 kg)
AIRWAY AND BREATHING
Laryngoscope	Straight blade	Straight blade	Child Macintosh	Child Macintosh
Uncuffed tracheal tube	2.5–3.5	3.5–4.0	4.0–5.0	5.0–6.0
Stylet	Small	Small	Small/medium	Medium
Suction catheter (French gauge)	6	8	10/12
CIRCULATION
IV cannula	24/22	22	22/18	20/16
Central venous cannula	20	20	18	18
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Nasogastric tube^a	8	10	10–12	12
Urinary catheter^a	5 feeding tube	5 feeding tube/F8	Foley 8	Foley 10

a: Sizes in French gauge or Charrière, which are equivalent and indicate the circumference of the tube in millimetres.