A prospective multicentre study testing the diagnostic accuracy of an automated cough sound centred analytic system for the identification of common respiratory disorders in children

Table 3 Number of cases per disease group attaining consensus (yes / no) clinical diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis	Study participants (n)	Subjects without a (yes/no) consensus diagnosis (n)	Subjects used for index testing (n)
LRTD	585	12 (2%)	573
ASTHMA/RAD	585	55 (9.4%)^a	530
CROUP	585	17 (2.9%)	568
PNEUMONIA	585	16 (2.7%)	569
URTD	585	14 (2.3%)	571
BRONCHIOLITIS	166^b	9 (5.4%)	157

^a RAD: Cases excluded from Index testing due to pre-treatment with bronchodilator leading to wheeze resolution before recording
^b Bronchiolitis: 419 cases excluded as > 24 months old

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