Accuracy of symptoms and signs in predicting hypoxaemia among young children with acute respiratory infection: A meta-analysis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-325

  Zhang, Linjie ^a   Mendoza Sassi, R ^a   Santos, J C H ^a   Lau, J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Diagnostic accuracy; Hypoxaemia; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; AUSCULTATION; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYPNEA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANOXIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951656812     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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