considering the urgent need for rational protocols for the management of these infections in children and how little is known about the clinical signs that might predict the need for antibiotic therapy in a primary health care setting , a prospective study of the clinical signs in 200 paediatric outpatients presenting with a cough , 100 age-matched controls without cough , and 50 children admitted to hospital with pneumonia was carried out.in children with cough , a respiratory rate greater than 40 or 50 per minute ( or a qualitative impression of tachypnoea ) is probably the best indicator of the need for starting antibiotic treatment by primary health workers .
C3540840
clinical signs
C0010200
cough