Independent Validation of an Existing Model Enables Prediction of Hearing Loss after Childhood Bacterial Meningitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  de Jonge, Rogier C J ^a,b   Sanders, Marieke S ^a,c   Terwee, Caroline B ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^a   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^a   Koomen, Irene ^d   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^e   van Furth, A Marceline ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Westfriesgasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CALIBRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PETECHIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VALIDITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874826211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058707     Document Type: Article

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