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Table 2 Reason for attendance in 1–4 year old children

From: Comparison of two European paediatric emergency departments: does primary care organisation influence emergency attendance?

 

Cambridge

Trieste

p

Fever

1916 (27.5%)

1631 (24.6%)

<0.0001

Breathing difficulties

814 (11.7%)

428 (6.4%)

<0.0001

Gastrointestinal symptoms

580 (8.3%)

610 (9.2%)

ns

Febrile seizure

63 (0.9%)

53 (0.8%)

ns

Trauma

2010 (28.8%)

1350 (20.4%)

<0.0001

Ingestion/overdose

203 (2.9%)

142 (2.1%)

<0.01

Total attendance under 1–4 years old

6957

6613

 
  1. In brackets: percentage of specific symptom out of total attendance. ns means not statistically significative