Variables documented during history and physical examination
| Background information |
|---|
| Age in months |
| Sex |
| Child coming from a known malarious village |
| Previous attack of malaria |
| Recent travel to known malarious village |
| History of current illness |
| Fever pattern (intermittent/continuous) |
| Diarrhoea (watery/bloody) |
| Chills/rigors |
| Earache |
| Running nose |
| Poor feeding/failure to suck |
| Vomiting |
| History of convulsion |
| Cough |
| Urinary problems (increased frequency/dysuria/change in colour) |
| Difficulty in breathing |
| Physical examination |
| Respiratory rate |
| Wheeze |
| Total liver span |
| Pulse rate |
| Stridor |
| Tenderness of liver |
| Pallor (conjunctival/palmar/nail bed/tongue) |
| Bronchial breathing |
| Splenomegaly |
| Exudates on tonsils |
| Reduced air entry |
| Dehydration signs |
| Tympanic membrane (red/bulging/discharge) |
| Neck vein congestion |
| Altered consciousness |
| Grunting |
| Pulsations over the neck |
| Tone |
| Nasal flaring |
| Gallop rhythm |
| Peripheral oedema |
| Chest indrawing |
| Ejection systolic murmur |
| Skin rash (urticaria/scarlet fever/measles/scabies/pyoderma) |
| Crepitations |
| Hepatomegaly |