Children with fever and cough at emergency care: Diagnostic accuracy of a clinical model to identify children at low risk of pneumonia

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-280

  Oostenbrink, Rianne ^a   Thompson, Matthew ^c   Lakhanpaul, Monica ^d   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^b   Coad, Nigel ^e   Moll, Henriette A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; pneumonia; prediction; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880211213     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32835771fd     Document Type: Article

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