Table 2.
Management and working diagnosis
| Low triaged febrile children N=14 139 |
|
| Laboratory blood tests | 4740 (34) |
| CRP | 4659 (33) |
| PCT | 252 (2) |
| WBC | 4665 (33) |
| Imaging | 1864 (13) |
| X-ray | 1603 (11) |
| Ultrasound | 338 (2) |
| CT scan | 40 (0.3) |
| MRI scan | 18 (0.1) |
| Admission | 1840 (13) |
| Left without being seen | 70 (0.5) |
| Antibiotic treatment | 4395 (31) |
| Focus of infection | |
| Respiratory | 9702 (69) |
| Gastrointestinal | 1317 (9) |
| Urinary | 374 (3) |
| Childhood exanthema/flu-like illness | 746 (5) |
| Soft tissue/Skin/Musculoskeletal | 382 (3) |
| Sepsis/Meningitis | 21 (0.1) |
| Other | 1596 (11) |
| Cause of infection | |
| Presumed bacterial | 3375 (24) |
| Unknown bacterial/viral | 2348 (17) |
| Presumed viral | 7034 (50) |
| Other | 1194 (8) |
Absolute numbers and percentages (%) are given.
CRP, C reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin; WBC, white blood cell.