Table 2 Primary diagnosis by age group for severe illness (assessed by pediatrician) and need for hospital management
From: Clinical signs predictive of severe illness in young Pakistani infants
| Required Admission | Did not require admission | Total infants in each age category | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | 0–6 days, n = 220 | 7–27 days, n = 68 | 28–59 days, n = 41 | 0–6 days, n = 1413 | 7–27 days, n = 749 | 28–59 days, n = 459 |
0–6 days, n = 1633 | 7–27 days, n = 817 | 28–59 days, n = 500 | Total 2950 |
| Prematurity/LBW | 47 (21.4) | 9 (13.2) | 4 (9.8) | 141 (9.9) | 38 (5.1) | 20 (4.4) | 188 (11.5) | 47 (5.7) | 24 (4.8) | 259 (8.7) |
| Birth Asphyxia | 23 (10.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 34 (2.4) | 5 (0.7) | 2 (0.4) | 57 (3.5) | 5 (0.6) | 2 (0.4) | 64 (2.2) |
| Birth Injury | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.06) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 5 (0.2) |
| Congenital Malformations | 2 (0.9) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.18) | 2(0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) |
| Hyperbilirubinemia, physiological jaundice | 35 (15.9) | 5 (7.4) | 5 (12.2) | 130 (9.2) | 43 (5.7) | 14 (3.1) | 165 (10.1) | 48 (5.9) | 19 (3.8) | 232 (7.9) |
| Severe infection (sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis) | 96 (43.6) | 50 (73.5) | 26 (63.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) | 96 (5.9) | 52 (6.4) | 27 (5.4) | 175 (5.9) |
| URTI, mild ARI | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 151 (10.7) | 275 (36.7) | 163 (35.5) | 151 (9.2) | 275 (33.6) | 163 (32.6) | 589 (19.9) |
| Localized infections (skin, eye, umbilical, oral) | 3 (1.4) | 2 (2.9) | 2 (4.9) | 727 (51.4) | 243 (32.4) | 157 (34.2) | 730 (44.7) | 245 (29.9) | 159 (31.8) | 1134 (38.4) |
| Diarrhea, dysentery, persistent diarrhea, dehydration | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.4) | 25 (1.8) | 68 (9.0) | 70 (15.3) | 25 (1.5) | 69 (8.4) | 71 (14.2) | 165 (5.6) |
| Colic, gastrocolic reflex, regurgitation, constipation | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (2.8) | 29 (3.9) | 13 (2.8) | 39 (2.38) | 29 (3.5) | 13 (2.6) | 81 (2.7) |
| Others | 14 (6.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (7.3) | 163 (11.5) | 38 (5.1) | 13 (2.8) | 177 (10.8) | 38 (4.6) | 16 (3.2) | 231 (7.8) |
| Well baby | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 5 (0.7) | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.06) | 5 (0.6) | 3 (0.6) | 9 (0.3) |