Clinicians' gut feeling about serious infections in children: Observational study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7876, 2012, Pages

  Van Den Bruel, Ann ^a   Thompson, Matthew ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^b   Mant, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTUITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SERIOUS INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866950182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6144     Document Type: Article

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