Sepsis and meningitis in hospitalized children: performance of clinical signs and their prediction rules in a case-control study.

OBJECTIVE: Feverish illness is a common presentation to acute pediatric services. Clinical staff faces the challenge of differentiating the few children with meningitis or sepsis from the majority with self-limiting illness. We aimed to determine the diagnostic value of clinical features and their p...

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Main Authors: Verbakel, J, MacFaul, R, Aertgeerts, B, Buntinx, F, Thompson, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2014