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Table 5 Discharge diagnoses in children in whom the diagnostic aid was consulted

From: Diagnostic omission errors in acute paediatric practice: impact of a reminder system on decision-making

Diagnosis

Number of patients

Viral infection

8

Acute lymphadenitis

3

Viral gastroenteritis

3

Pelvic region and thigh infection

3

Epilepsy

3

Acute lower respiratory infection

3

Allergic purpura

2

Acute inflammation of orbit

2

Chickenpox with cellulitis

2

Gastroenteritis

2

Rotaviral enteritis

2

Feeding problem of newborn

2

Syncope and collapse

2

Lobar pneumonia

2

Kawasaki disease

2

Abdominal pain

2

Angioneurotic oedema

1

Erythema multiforme

1

Constipation

1

Irritable bladder and bowel syndrome

1

Coagulation defect

1

G6PD deficiency

1

Sickle cell dactylitis

1

Cellulitis

1

Clavicle osteomyelitis

1

Kerion

1

Labyrinthitis

1

Meningitis

1

Myositis

1

Purpura

1

Scarlet fever

1

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

1

Mitochondrial complex 1 deficiency

1

Adverse drug effect

1

Eye disorder

1

Musculoskeletal back pain

1

Trauma to eye

1

Disorders of bilirubin metabolism

1

Foetal alcohol syndrome

1

Neonatal erythema toxicum

1

Physiological jaundice

1

Stroke

1

Acute bronchiolitis

1

Acute upper respiratory infection

1

Asthma

1

Hyperventilation

1

Juvenile arthritis with systemic onset

1

Polyarthritis

1

Reactive arthropathy

1

Anorectal anomaly

1