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 |