Derivation and validation of age and temperature specific reference values and centile charts to predict lower respiratory tract infection in children with fever: Prospective observational study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7867, 2012, Pages

  Nijman, R G ^a   Thompson, M ^b   Van Veen, M ^a   Perera, R ^b   Moll, H A ^a   Oostenbrink, R ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; BREATHING RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TACHYPNEA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY RATE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 84864389193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4224     Document Type: Article

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