The predictive value of the NICE "red traffic lights" in acutely ill children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kerkhof, Evelien ^a   Lakhanpaul, Monica ^b   Ray, Samiran ^c   Verbakel, Jan Y ^d   Van Den Bruel, Ann ^e   Thompson, Matthew ^e   Berger, Marjolein Y ^f   Moll, Henriette A ^a   Oostenbrink, Rianne ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TURGOR; WAKEFULNESS; ADOLESCENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE;

EID: 84898454467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090847     Document Type: Article

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