Clinical decision rules for evaluating meningitis in children

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-293

  Dubos, François ^a,b   Martinot, Alain ^a,c   Gendrel, Dominique ^d   Bréart, Gérard ^b   Chalumeau, Martin ^b,d  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Bacterial meningitis; Children; Decision rules

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENINGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67049154423     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32832b240e     Document Type: Review

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