The Accuracy of the Yale Observation Scale Score and Unstructured Clinician Suspicion to Identify Febrile Infants Aged <=60 Days with Serious Bacterial Infections

Autor: Lise E. Nigrovic, Elizabeth R. Alpern, Leah Tzimenatos, Prashant Mahajan, Nathan Kuppermann, Timothy Simmons, Alexander J. Rogers, Octavio Ramilo, Charlie Casper
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Section on Emergency Medicine.
DOI: 10.1542/peds.140.1_meetingabstract.15
Popis: Both the YOS score and unstructured clinician suspicion have been used to predict the risk of serious bacterial infections (SBIs) in young febrile infants. However, the number of infants ≤ 60 days studied has been limited. Our objective was to assess the ability of the YOS score and unstructured clinician suspicion to identify febrile infants ≤ 60 days with SBIs. We performed a planned secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study of …
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