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Table 4 Discharge diagnoses in infants

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

 

Cambridge

Trieste

p

Bronchiolitis

318 (10.1%)

178 (8.2%)

0.02

Wheezing

43 (1.3%)

45 (2%)

ns

Pneumonia

10 (0.3%)

3 (0.1%)

ns

Gastroenteritis

329 (10.4%)

115 (5.3%)

<0.001

Constipation

43 (1.3%)

29 (1.3%)

ns

Faltering growth

80 (2.5%)

17 (0.8%)

<0.001

Well infant

281 (8.9%)

72 (3.3%)

<0.001

Total attendance under 1 year old

3144

2149

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