Symptoms
  • Runny/blocked nose

  • Sore throat

  • Earache or holding ear

  • Cough

  • Grunting or difficulty breathing

  • Hot/feverish

  • Rash

  • Irritable/grouchy

  • Clinginess/needing extra care

  • Low energy/tired/lost interest in playing

  • Poor sleep

  • Muscle aches or pains

  • Poor feeding/poor appetite

  • Diarrhoea

  • Constipation

  • Vomiting

  • Nausea

  • Abdominal pain/tummy ache

  • Colic/grimacing/pulling up legs

  • Bed wetting/day wetting when previously dry

  • Smelly urine

  • Dark or cloudy urine

  • Pain or crying on passing urine

  • Increased urinary frequency or number of wet nappies

  • Poor weight gain/weight loss

  • Highest recorded temperature by parents

  • How ill (0–4) do parents feel their child is

Signs
  • Pulse rate

  • Respiratory rate

  • Temperature measured in surgery

  • Ear examination

  • Throat examination

  • Chest examination

  • Abdomen examination

  • General examination: dehydration

  • General examination: rash

  • Fontanelles

  • Overall impression of how ill child is (0–4)

  • Presence of alternative source of infection (from stated working diagnosis)

Other potential risk factors
  • Age

  • Sex

  • Month of presentation

  • Townsend score

  • Past history of urinary tract infection

  • Past history of kidney /bladder disease

  • Past history of asthma

  • Past history of diabetes

  • Past history of eczema

  • Has child been circumcised

  • Abnormalities of child’s urinary tract on antenatal ultrasound scan

  • Family history of urinary tract infection

  • Family history of kidney or bladder disease