Can urgency classification of the Manchester triage system predict serious bacterial infections in febrile children?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 715-722

  Nijman, Ruud G ^a   Zwinkels, Rob L J ^a   Van Veen, Mirjam ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^b   Van Der Lei, Johan ^b   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Oostenbrink, Rianne ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATHING; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGISM; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SEX FACTORS; TRIAGE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960564298     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.207845     Document Type: Article

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