Adding fever to WHO criteria for diagnosing pneumonia enhances the ability to identify pneumonia cases among wheezing children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-61

  Cardoso, Maria Regina A ^a   Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana M ^b   Ferrero, Fernando ^c   Alves, Fátima M ^d   Cousens, Simon N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE NIÑOS PEDRO DE ELIZALDE   (Argentina)

^d AIDS Reference and Training Center   (Brazil)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHEEZING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78650844936     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.189894     Document Type: Article

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