Table 2

Summary of regression coefficient means over 62 participants for the oral corticosteroid, antibiotic and admission visual analogue scale scores before application of the stepwise selection algorithm to construct each participant’s clinical judgement model

Cue	Oral CS VAS score	Antibiotic VAS score	Admission VAS score
† >50 per minute for child <5 years old, >40 per minute for child ⩾5 years old; ‡ >140 per minute for child <5 years old, >120 per minute for child ⩾5 years old;
§ 36.9°C–37.9°C; ¶ ⩾38.0°C.
p<0.05, p<0.01, **p<0.001 (one-sample t test).
CS, corticosteroids; VAS, visual analogue scale.
Age − 3–9 years vs 10 years or older	0.1	1.0	2.5**
Age - under 3 years vs 10 years or older	−2.1	2.6*	9.9***
Use of inhaled CS - low-dose vs none	11.2***	3.0*	0.1
Use of inhaled CS - high-dose vs none	22.4***	3.2	14.3***
Alertness - drowsy/agitated vs normal	8.8***	3.1**	20.9***
Raised respiratory rate†	1.3	−2.0	5.5*
Raised heart rate‡	0.9	3.5**	9.6***
Dyspnoea - moderate vs mild	29.0***	3.9*	18.7***
Dyspnoea - severe vs mild	27.9***	7.8**	6.2
Air entry - moderate/poor vs good	21.0***	34.4***	30.3***
Wheeze - severe vs mild/moderate	9.7**	−26.0***	4.4
Wheeze - little heard vs mild/moderate	10.6***	−17.0***	8.1**
Coarse crepitations - present vs absent	−2.2	10.8***	−3.5*
Temperature - raised§ vs normal	−0.2	6.2***	3.5**
Temperature - pyrexic¶ vs normal	−3.7	28.5***	2.1
Parental ability - medium vs high	0.2	0.5	3.1***
Parental ability - low vs high	−0.1	−0.6	5.7***