Comorbidity | Study classification |
Chronic neurological disorder, asthma, cardiac disease, renal disease, sepsis | Documented clinician diagnosis. |
Sickle cell disease, malaria | Documented clinician diagnosis or any positive laboratory result. |
HIV | Documented clinician diagnosis or any positive HIV test result (serology or PCR). |
Severe malnutrition | Documented severe malnutrition clinician diagnosis or oedema, MUAC <115 mm, WHZ ≤−3 SD. |
Acute neurological disorder | Documented meningitis clinician diagnosis of meningitis or history of convulsions or altered level of consciousness based on the AVPU scale. |
Diarrhoea with dehydration | Documented clinician dehydration diagnosis and history of diarrhoea. |
AVPU, alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive; MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference; WHZ, weight-for-height z score.