Signs and symptoms model | Signs, symptoms, and dipstick model |
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Clinical characteristic | Points | Clinical characteristic | Points |
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Pain/crying when passing urine | 2 | Pain/crying when passing urine | 2 |
Smelly urine (parental report) | 2 | Smelly urine (parental report) | 2 |
Previous UTI | 1 | Previous UTI | 1 |
Absence of severe cough* | 2 | Absence of severe cough* | 2 |
Severe illness present† | 2 | Severe illness present† | 2 |
Total: | ____ | Dipstick urine analysis positive for: | |
| | | Leukocytes | 2 |
| | | Nitrites | 3 |
| | | Blood | 1 |
| | Total: | ____ |
Total points | UTI diagnoses/ total patients (%) | LR‡ | Total points | UTI diagnoses/ total patients (%) | LR‡ |
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0 to 2 | 9/2,003 (0.45%) | 0.20 | 0 to 5 | 13/2,444 (0.53%) | 0.24 |
3 or 4 | 20/562 (3.6%) | 1.6 | 6 to 8 | 18/240 (7.5%) | 3.6 |
5 or more | 31/175 (17.7%) | 9.6 | 9 or more | 29/56 (51.8%) | 48.0 |