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Table 7 Number and nature of feces at inclusion and on arrival at the Health Center

From: Pilot feasibility study of an emergency paediatric kit for intra-rectal quinine administration used by the personnel of community-based health care units in Senegal

 

Cases

Controls

Number of feces in the preceding 24 h

  

Mean (SD)

0.6 (0.9)

1.0 (1.0)

Median [Q1; Q3]

0.0 [0.0;1.0]

1.0 [0.0;2.0]

(Minimum; Maximum)

0;4

0;4

Number of feces on arrival at the Health Center

  

Mean (SD)

1.2 (0.9)

0.1 (0.4)

Median [Q1; Q3]

1.0 [1.0;2.0]

0.0 [0.0;0.0]

(Minimum; Maximum)

0;5

0;2

Nature of the feces on arrival at the Health Center

  

Diarrhea: thin or watery feces (3 or +)

1 (1.6%)

0

Thin or watery feces (fewer than 3)

7 (11.3%)

3 (50.0%)

Soft, pale feces

47 (75.8%)

3 (50.0%)

Normal stools

7 (11.3%)

0