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Feverish illness in children
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Table 5.5 – evaluation of ‘appears ill to a healthcare professional or parent/carer’
Table 5.6 – evaluation of awake
Table 5.7 – evaluation of decreased activity
Table 5.8 – evaluation of no smile and/or abnormal cry
Table 5.9 – evaluation of irritability
Table 5.10 – evaluation of decreased consciousness/coma
Table 5.11 – evaluation of restlessness
Table 5.12 – evaluation of tachypnoea
Table 5.13 – evaluation of crackles
Table 5.14 – evaluation of respiratory symptoms
Table 5.15 – evaluation of nasal symptoms
Table 5.16 – evaluation of wheeze
Table 5.17 – evaluation of chest findings/abnormal chest sounds
Table 5.18 – evaluation of cough
Table 5.19 – evaluation of poor feeding
Table 5.20 – evaluation of capillary refill time
Table 5.21 – evaluation of reduced urine output
Table 5.22 – evaluation of duration of fever
Table 5.23 – comparison of duration of fever
Table 5.24 – evaluation of height of fever in children younger than 3 months
Table 5.25 – evaluation of height of fever in all ages up to 5 years, including those less
than 3 months
Table 5.26 – comparison of height of fever in children with and without serious illness –
all ages up to 5 years
Table 5.27 – evaluation of bulging fontanelle
Table 5.28 – evaluation of neck stiffness
Table 5.29 – evaluation of focal seizures
Table 5.30 – evaluation of non-blanching rash
Table 5.31 – evaluation of diarrhoea
Table 5.32 – evaluation of vomiting
Table 5.33 – evaluation of abdominal pain
Table 5.34 – evaluation of crying on micturition/dysuria
Table 5.35 – evaluation of headache
Table 5.36 – evaluation of conjunctivitis
Table 5.37 – evaluation of poor peripheral circulation
Table 5.38 – evaluation of bulging abdomen
Table 5.39 – evaluation of paresis or paralysis
Table 5.40 – evaluation of abnormal neurological findings
Table 5.41 – evaluation of impression of tone
2013 Update