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Table 3 Criteria indicating presumed infection in infants (based on IMCI screening forms)

From: In search of a primary outcome for community-based newborn infection trials in Eastern Uganda: a nested cohort study within the BabyGel pilot trial

Day

Difficulty feeding

Convulsions

Moving only when stimulated /not at all

Chest wall indrawing

Fast respiratory rate

High axillary temperature

Low axillary temperature

1

5

0

0

0

0

4

0

90

1

1

1

1

0

2

0

Interim (day 2–89)

9

3

2

5

19

11

1

Totals

15

4

3

6

19

17

1