Fever assessment in children under five: Are we following the guidelines?

Table 2 Proportion of patients with or without fever in relation to disease by body system

Diagnosis	Total, n = 136 (100)	Febrile, n = 36 (26.5)	Afebrile, n = 100 (73.5)	P value1
Gastrointestinal disease	47 (34.6)	8 (22.2)	39 (39.0)	0.101
Respiratory disease	29 (21.3)	11 (30.6)	18 (18.0)	0.154
Hematological disease	14 (10.3)	2 (5.6)	12 (12.0)	0.353
Fever of unknown etiology	9 (6.6)	6 (16.7)	3 (3.0)	0.011
Skin disease	9 (6.6)	1 (2.8)	8 (8.0)	0.444
Central nervous system disease	8 (5.9)	5 (13.9)	3 (3.0)	0.030
Renal disease	8 (5.9)	1 (2.8)	7 (7.0)	0.681
Sepsis	7 (5.1)	0 (0.0)	7 (7.0)	0.189
Musculoskeletal disease	2 (1.5)	1 (2.8)	1 (1.0)	0.461
Others2	3 (2.2)	1 (2.8)	2 (2.0)	1.000

¹Fisher’s exact test.

²Brief resolved unexplained episode (n = 2) and metabolic disease (n = 1).

Boldface indicates a statistically significant difference with P < 0.05. Data are presented as n (%).