Validation of a decision rule identifying febrile young girls at high risk for urinary tract infection

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-164

  Gorelick, Marc H ^a,d   Hoberman, Alejandro ^b   Kearney, Diana ^b   Wald, Ellen ^b   Shaw, Kathy N ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision rule; Predictive model; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BACTERIURIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038037989     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200306000-00005     Document Type: Article

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