Sensitivity and specificity of the World Health Organization dengue classification schemes for severe dengue assessment in children in Rio de Janeiro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Macedo, Gleicy A ^a   Gonin, Michelle Luiza C ^b   Pone, Sheila M ^c   Cruz, Oswaldo G ^c   Nobre, Flávio F ^a   Brasil, Patrícia ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Municipal Jesus (HMMJ) SMSDCRJ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE DENGUE; STANDARD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE DENGUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84899769129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096314     Document Type: Article

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