Predicting complications from acute cough in pre-school children in primary care: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is uncertainty about which children with cough are most and least likely to experience complications.

Aim

To derive a clinical prediction rule for complications in pre-school children presenting to primary care with acute cough.

Design of study

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Eight general practices in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Method

Pre-school children with cough for < or =28 days and without asthma were recruited. Sociodemographic, clinical history, and examination data were collected and univariable logistic regression used to explore the associations with complications. These were defined as any new symptom, sign or diagnosis identified by a primary care clinician at a parent initiated reconsultation, or hospital admission,

SUBMITTER: Hay AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1314771 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature