The accuracy of clinical symptoms and signs for the diagnosis of serious bacterial infection in young febrile children: Prospective cohort study of 15 781 febrile illnesses

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7754, 2010, Pages 1015-

  Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b   Williams, Gabrielle J ^a   Jones, Mike ^a,c   Codarini, Miriam ^a   Macaskill, Petra ^a   Hayen, Andrew ^a   Irwig, Les ^a   Fitzgerald, Dominic A ^b   Isaacs, David ^b   McCaskill, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953954126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1594     Document Type: Article

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