Systematic review and meta-analysis of the value of clinical features to exclude radiographic pneumonia in febrile neutropenic episodes in children and young people

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 641-648

  Phillips, Bob ^a   Wade, Ros ^a   Westwood, Marie ^a   Riley, Richard ^b   Sutton, Alex J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical examination; diagnosis; febrile neutropenia; meta analysis; pneumonia; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861094080     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02211.x     Document Type: Review

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