CIN paediatric admissions

Standardized pediatric admission record (PAR) forms were used to capture the patient’s demographic and clinical details during admission. Discharge summary forms were also used to capture all the patient’s discharge details including diagnosis and whether they are alive or dead.

It contains 12 variables including patients’ demographics and clinical signs used to identify diarrhoea and dehydration cases: 1. Time - time 2. age_months - age in months 3. hosp_id - Hospital identifier 4. child_sex - gender 5. pulse - pulse rate 6. cap_refill_cat - time until capillary refill 7. skin_temp - skin tempereture 8. sunk_eyes - sunken eyes 9. skin_pinch- time taken for skin to return to normal after pinching 10. avpu- alertness 11. can_drink - ability to drink 12. month.year - date in months/year