Does this child have bacterial meningitis? a systematic review of clinical prediction rules for children with suspected bacterial meningitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 508-519

  Kulik, Dina M ^a   Uleryk, Elizabeth M ^a   Maguire, Jonathon L ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical prediction rule; decision trees; meningitis; multivariate analysis; predictive value of tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VOMITING;

CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE; DECISION TREES; MENINGITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884670659     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.03.042     Document Type: Article

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