Table 5 Diagnostic work up in correctly (CR) and not correctly referred (NCR) children > 3 years old.
University hospital | General hospital | Difference in categories between 2 hospitals (p-value) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CR (n = 284) (%) | NCR (n = 63) (%) | CR (n = 85) (%) | NCR (n = 24) (%) | |||
Routine laboratory investigations | ||||||
Anemia/infections | 0.4/39.8 | 0.0/25.4 | 1.2/57.6 | 4.2/37.5 | < 0.01 | |
Liver diseases | 22.5/4.2 | 2.8/0.0 | 14.1/21.2 | 8.3/25.0 | 0.03 | |
Renal diseases (blood) | 1.4/27.3 | 0.0/17.5 | 0.0/38.8 | 0.0/33.3 | 0.5 | |
Celiac disease | 21.1/15.8 | 11.1/3.2 | 49.4/4.7 | 25.0/4.2 | < 0.01 | |
Hypothyroidism | 37.0/3.2 | 2.5/0.0 | 45.9/3.5 | 29.2/8.3 | 0.02 | |
Growth hormone deficiency | 35.2 | 9.5 | 45.9 | 25 | 0.02 | |
Turner syndrome * | 17.2 | 6.5 | 14.0 | 18.1 | 1.0 | |
Renal diseases (urine) | 0.0/19.4 | 0.0/19.0 | 0.0/40.0 | 0.0/29.2 | < 0.01 | |
Combined categories (at least one test category) | 4.9/52.1 | 1.6/39.7 | 18.8/49.4 | 33.3/16.7 | < 0.01 | |
Further and specific diagnostics | ||||||
Special investigations | Chromosomal analyses for Turner syndrome* | 26.2 | 6.5 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
Biopsy** | 2.1 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.03 | |
Zinc-determination | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
Further, more specific tests | GH-tests | 16.2 | 3.2 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Other tests*** | 8.8 | 3.2 | 28.2 | 25.0 | < 0.01 | |