Signs and symptoms modelSigns, symptoms, and dipstick model


Clinical characteristicPointsClinical characteristicPoints


Pain/crying when passing urine2Pain/crying when passing urine2
Smelly urine (parental report)2Smelly urine (parental report)2
Previous UTI1Previous UTI1
Absence of severe cough*2Absence of severe cough*2
Severe illness present2Severe illness present2
Total:____Dipstick urine analysis positive for:
Leukocytes2
Nitrites3
Blood1
Total:____
Total pointsUTI diagnoses/ total patients (%)LRTotal pointsUTI diagnoses/ total patients (%)LR


0 to 29/2,003 (0.45%)0.200 to 513/2,444 (0.53%)0.24
3 or 420/562 (3.6%)1.66 to 818/240 (7.5%)3.6
5 or more31/175 (17.7%)9.69 or more29/56 (51.8%)48.0