Alarming signs and symptoms in febrile children in primary care: An observational cohort study in The Netherlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Elshout, Gijs ^a   Van Ierland, Yvette ^b   Bohnen, Arthur M ^a   De Wilde, Marcel ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^b   Oostenbrink, Rianne ^b   Berger, Marjolein Y ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; CHILD; COMPLICATION; INFANT; INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84896798395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088114     Document Type: Article

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