Clinical features for the diagnosis of pediatric urinary tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

HA Boon, A Van den Bruel, T Struyf… - The Annals of Family …, 2021 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Accurate diagnosis of urinary tract infection in children is essential because
children left untreated can experience permanent renal injury. We aimed to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic value of biomarkers for paediatric urinary tract infections in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis

HA Boon, T Struyf, D Bullens, A Van den Bruel… - BMC Family …, 2021 - Springer
Background Accurate diagnosis of urinary tract infection is essential as children left
untreated may suffer permanent renal injury. Aim To compare the diagnostic values of …

[HTML][HTML] A novel framework for phenotyping children with suspected or confirmed infection for future biomarker studies

RG Nijman, R Oostenbrink, HA Moll… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The limited diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers in children at risk of a serious
bacterial infection (SBI) might be due to the imperfect reference standard of SBI. We aimed …

Amoxicillin duration and dose for community-acquired pneumonia in children: the CAP-IT factorial non-inferiority RCT.

S Barratt, JA Bielicki, D Dunn, SN Faust… - Health Technology …, 2021 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
BACKGROUND: Data are limited regarding the optimal dose and duration of amoxicillin
treatment for community-acquired pneumonia in children. OBJECTIVES: To determine the …

Predictors of disease severity in children presenting from the community with febrile illnesses: a systematic review of prognostic studies

A Chandna, R Tan, M Carter, A Van Den Bruel… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Early identification of children at risk of severe febrile illness can optimise
referral, admission and treatment decisions, particularly in resource-limited settings. We …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting poor outcomes in children aged 1–12 with respiratory tract infections: A systematic review

G Edwards, L Newbould, C Nesbitt, M Rogers… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Demand for NHS services is high and rising. In children respiratory tract
infections (RTI) are the most common reason for consultation with primary care …

Standardized capillary refill time and relation to clinical parameters in hospitalized dogs

NV Chalifoux, CF Spielvogel… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the relationship between various physical and clinicopathologic
parameters and the capillary refill time (CRT) using a standard method; to evaluate the …

What factors influence clinical decision making for paramedics when attending to paediatric emergencies in the community within one ambulance service trust?

J Hetherington, I Jones - British Paramedic Journal, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Children's healthcare needs are complex and diverse. Paramedics are
expected to respond to a range of emergency calls across the patient demographic …

Parental assessment of disease severity in febrile children under 5 years of age: a qualitative study

DL Kuijpers, D Peeters, NC Boom, J van de Maat… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To explore how parents judge disease severity of their febrile child and to identify
symptoms they associate with serious illness, minor illness or health. Design Semistructured …

[HTML][HTML] The JAID/JSC guidelines for management of infectious diseases 2017–sepsis and catheter-related bloodstream infection

S Arakawa, M Kasai, S Kawai, H Sakata… - Journal of Infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sepsis is one of the most serious conditions among all infectious diseases. To establish a
sepsis treatment system as the basis of bacterial infection treatment, knowledge regarding …