3.7 Indications for hospital admission
The indications for hospital admission included poor feeding or dehydration (98.82%), comorbidities (98.22%), need for supplemental oxygen therapy (96.45%), poor social circumstances (82.25%), prematurity (82.25%), presence of apnea (81.66%), infants less than three months of age (79.29%), cyanosis (78.11%), tachypnea (96.44%), fever (>38°C) (44.97%), uncertain of diagnosis (29.59%), unreliable parents (81.66%).