Risk score to stratify children with suspected serious bacterial infection: Observational cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-367

  Brent, Andrew J ^a,b   Lakhanpaul, Monica ^a,c   Thompson, Matthew ^a,d,e   Collier, Jacqueline ^a,f   Ray, Samiran ^g   Ninis, Nelly ^a,b   Levin, Michael ^a,b   MacFaul, Roddy ^a,h  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 79953223618     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.183111     Document Type: Article

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