Evaluating Children with Otitis Media for Bacteremia or Urinary Tract Infection

Table 3

Laboratory evaluation of 2–36-month-old patients with acute otitis media stratified by temperature and age in months.

	<38.0				≥38.0
Test	2–6	6–12	12–36	^∗𝑃-Value	2–6	6–12	12–36	^∗𝑃-Value
CBC	5%	3%	3%	.41	13%	15%	13%	.75
Blood Culture	3%	1%	1%	.02	9%	8%	6%	.64
Urine Investigation	3%	2%	1%	.09	7%	11%	6%	.12
Any of the Above	5%	4%	3%	.51	14%	20%	20%	.34

∗All 𝑃-Values denote differences between three age categories.