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Table 1 Hospital recorded diagnosis based on patient clinical features

From: Complicated malaria and other severe febrile illness in a pediatric ward in Libreville, Gabon

Characteristics

Median

Interquartile range

All admissions (n = 418)

Age in months,

24.0

[12–48]

Duration of illness in days

3.0

[2–5]

Temperature in °C

38.9

[38.0-39.3]

 

N

(%)

Female

192

(46)

Pallor

211

(51)

Main reasons for consultation

Asthenia

193

(46)

Repeated vomiting

151

(36)

Diarrhoea

120

(29)

Abdominal pain

32

(8)

Cough

118

(28)

Dyspnea

32

(8)

Seizures

73

(17)

Blantyre Coma Score < 5

62

(15)

Diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection a (n = 172/418)

  Cough

91

(53)

  Rattling

79

(46)

  Deep breathing

14

(8)

  Pneumonia syndrome

40

(23)

  Abnormal x-ray

151

(88)

Diagnosis of gastro-enteritis a (n = 74/418)

  Vomiting

63

(85)

  Dehydratation

65

(88)

  Diarrhoea

67

(90)

Diagnosis of meningitis a (n = 16/418)

  Vomiting

6

(38)

  BCS ≤ 4

8

(50)

  Seizures

7

(44)

  Neck stiffness

7

(44)

  Abnormal CSFb

5/7

(71)

  1. a: cases can appears in many categories; b: cerebro-spinald fluid.