Deriving temperature and age appropriate heart rate centiles for children with acute infections

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-365

  Thompson, Matthew ^a   Harnden, A ^a   Perera, R ^a   Mayon White, R ^a   Smith, L ^b   McLeod, D ^a   Mant, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b East Somerset Research Consortium   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY THERMOMETER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEVER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 65649108567     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.145011     Document Type: Article

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