Evaluation of a gastroenteritis severity score for use in outpatient settings

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Freedman, Stephen B ^a   Eltorky, Mohamed ^a   Gorelick, Marc ^b,c   Bhatt, Maala ^d   Johnson, David ^e   Van Wylick, Richard ^f   Plint, Amy ^g   Guimont, Chantal ^h   Black, Karen ⁱ   Porter, Robert ^j   Joubert, Gary ^k   Gouin, Serge ^l   Doan, Quynh ^m  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^l CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Ambulatory care facilities; Emergencies; Gastroenteritis; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED VESIKARI SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; URINE VOLUME; VALIDITY; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953065023     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3270     Document Type: Article

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