A diagnostic decision rule for management of children with meningeal signs

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Oostenbrink, Rianne ^a,b   Moons, Carl G M ^b   Derksen Lubsen, Arda G ^c   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Moll, Henriette A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Diagnostic decision rule; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC DECISION RULE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 1642344352     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000017828.13995.76     Document Type: Article

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