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Table 3 Reason for attendance in 5–15 year old children

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

 

Cambridge

Trieste

p

Fever

796 (7.7%)

845 (8.5%)

ns

Breathing difficulties

355 (3.4%)

339 (3.4%)

ns

Gastrointestinal symptoms

390 (3.8%)

415 (4.1%)

ns

Trauma

4381 (42.8%)

4161 (42%)

<0.0001

Convulsion

88 (0.8%)

23 (0.2%)

<0.0001

Ingestion/overdose

117 (1.1%)

69 (0.6%)

<0.01

Faint

43 (0.4%)

56 (0.5%)

ns

Total attendance under 5–15 years old

10231

9885

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