TABLE 3.
Characteristics | Frequency N = 98 | Percentage | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | |||
Fever | |||
At presentation | 88 | 89.8 | 82.23–94.37 |
Before presentation | 83 | 84.7 | 76.27–90.50 |
Refusal of feeds | |||
At presentation | 65 | 66.3 | 56.52–74.91 |
Before presentation | 51 | 52.0 | 42.26–61.67 |
Irritability | |||
At presentation | 26 | 26.5 | 18.80–36.04 |
Before presentation | 16 | 16.3 | 10.31–24.89 |
Vomiting | |||
At presentation | 32 | 32.7 | 24.17–42.44 |
Before presentation | 29 | 29.6 | 21.46–39.26 |
Sign | |||
Raised temperature > 37.5 °C | |||
At presentation | 73 | 74.5 | 65.05–82.08 |
Mean temperature ±s.d. | 38.0°C ± 0.9°C | - | 36.0–39.9 |
s.d., standard deviation; CI, confidence interval.