Table 4.

Determinants of revisits in children with fever, vomiting/diarrhea, and dyspnea

Determinants	Revisits, n = 346	Unscheduled revisits, n = 240
Fever	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Age < 1 year	1.30 (0.98–1.72)*	1.42 (1.04–1.95)**
Parental concern	1.71 (1.15–2.55)**	1.81 (1.13–2.90)**
Chestwall retractions	1.98 (1.02–3.82)**	1.68 (0.82–3.44)
Vomiting/diarrhea	n = 108	n = 57
Age < 1 year	1.87 (1.14–3.07)**	2.09 (1.15–3.80)**
Ill appearance	1.91 (1.03–3.53)**	1.29 (0.58–2.85)
Clinical signs of dehydration	2.26 (1.12–4.53)**	1.96 (0.85–4.54)
Tachypnea	5.08 (2.30–11.25)**	4.12 (1.59–10.69)**
Any sign of dyspnea	n = 73	n = 55
Age < 3 year	0.58 (0.31–1.09)*	0.58 (0.28–1.17)

*Significant predictors (p < 0.10), **significant predictors (p < 0.05)