Abnormal Blood Glucose as a Prognostic Factor for Adverse Clinical Outcome in Children Admitted to the Paediatric Emergency Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Table 2

Clinical features of children presenting with acute medical conditions at PEU ( = 430).

Symptom^*	Frequency	Percent (%)
Fever	377	88
Vomiting	289	67
Diarrhea	125	29
Poor feeding	227	53
Convulsion	110	26
Cough	148	35
Rhinorrhoea	77	18
Other symptoms^**	230	54
Clinical signs
Flaring	84	20
Intercostal recessions	57	13
Other clinical signs^***	41	10

Subjects can present with one or more symptoms or clinical signs.
“Other symptoms” included chills, bodily pains, repeated convulsions, earache, ear discharge, painful throat, dysuria, headache, and abdominal pain.
“Other clinical signs” included inflamed tonsils, pallor, abdominal tenderness, and inflamed eardrum.