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Table 1 Comparing the tool’s treatment recommendation to the physicians’ assessment

From: A mobile phone based tool to identify symptoms of common childhood diseases in Ghana: development and evaluation of the integrated clinical algorithm in a cross-sectional study

Triaged as

Tool

Physicians’ notes

A

Requiring emergency treatment:

“Take your child to the nearest hospital immediately!”

Emergency treatment (e.g. i.v. fluids, i.v. antibiotics, i.m./i.v. antimalarial drugs) or hospitalization for further investigation

B

Requiring etiologic treatment:

“Take your child to the nearest hospital within 24 h!”

Etiologic treatment (e.g. antibiotics, antimalarial drugs in oral form etc.) or follow-up

C

Requiring home care:

“Treat your child at home and assess disease progression carefully!”

Symptomatic treatment (e.g. nasal drops or paracetamol) or follow-up was not expected to be needed