From: Clinical indicators of bacterial meningitis among neonates and young infants in rural Kenya
Indicator | Adjusted Likelihood Ratios | Simplified scores | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Week of Life | Age 7 to 59 days | First week of life | Age 7 to 59 days | ||
History of Fever | No | 0.41 | 0.29 | -1 | -1 |
Yes | 2.16 | 1.32 | 1 | 0 | |
History of convulsions | No | 0.90 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 |
Yes | 2.03 | 3.89 | 1 | 1 | |
Bulging fontanel | No | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 |
Yes | 8.46 | 8.56 | 2 | 2 | |
Irritability | No | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 |
Yes | 3.83 | 1.91 | 1 | 1 | |
Axillary temperature °C | < 36 | 0.94 | 0.78 | 0 | 0 |
36-37.4 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | |
37.5-38.9 | 1.59 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 | |
≥ 39 | 3.57 | 2.76 | 1 | 1 | |
constant | +1 | ||||
Composite total | 6 | 6 |