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Table 2 Danger signs triggering RAS among children < 5 years recruited at community level, by study phase

From: Key factors predicting suspected severe malaria case management and health outcomes: an operational study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Variable

Overall N = 3042

Pre-RAS N = 761

Post-RAS N = 2281

P-value comparing pre-post RAS

%

%

%

iCCM general danger signs

    

 Convulsions

40.8

30.4

44.2

< 0.001

  Not able to breastfeed, drink or eat anything

36.2

31.3

37.8

0.001

 Unusually sleepy or unconscious

18.9

23.7

17.3

< 0.001

 Vomiting everything

8.5

8.9

8.3

0.58

DRC-specific iCCM danger signs

    

 Unable to sit or stand up

26.1

9.7

31.6

< 0.001

 Weakness or asthenia

17.4

16.4

17.7

0.43

  1. iCCM: integrated Community Case Management; RAS: rectal artesunate
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