Erratum to: Should all acutely ill children in primary care be tested with point-of-care CRP: A cluster randomised trial [BMC Med. 14(1), (2016), (131)], DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0679-2;Should all acutely ill children in primary care be tested with point-of-care CRP: A cluster randomised trial

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Verbakel, Jan Y ^a,b   Lemiengre, Marieke B ^c   De Burghgraeve, Tine ^b   De Sutter, An ^c   Aertgeerts, Bert ^b   Shinkins, Bethany ^d   Perera, Rafael ^a   Mant, David ^a   Van den Bruel, Ann ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Child; Point of care; Primary care; Serious infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; INFANT; INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES;

BELGIUM; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84991666492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0861-1     Document Type: Erratum

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