Table 1 Clinical criteria for diagnoses
Diagnosis | Clinical criteria |
|---|---|
Parasitic infection | History of chronic abdominal pain with diarrhea and/or severe abdominal pain, or report of worms in stool |
Anemia | Complaint of weakness with associated scleral icterus or conjunctival pallor, nailbed pallor and tachycardia without alternative explanation defined by age-appropriate ranges |
Asthma | History of chronic cough and wheezing at time of presentation |
Allergies | History of clear rhinnorhea and itching or hives not associated with fever or other skin infection |