Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID‐19

T Struyf, JJ Deeks, J Dinnes… - Cochrane database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background COVID‐19 illness is highly variable, ranging from infection with no symptoms
through to pneumonia and life‐threatening consequences. Symptoms such as fever, cough …

Artificial intelligence and surgical decision-making

TJ Loftus, PJ Tighe, AC Filiberto, PA Efron… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Surgeons make complex, high-stakes decisions under time constraints and
uncertainty, with significant effect on patient outcomes. This review describes the …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with severe infection

K Maitland, S Kiguli, RO Opoka, C Engoru… - … England Journal of …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The role of fluid resuscitation in the treatment of children with shock and life-
threatening infections who live in resource-limited settings is not established. Methods We …

Accuracy of peripheral thermometers for estimating temperature: a systematic review and meta-analysis

DJ Niven, JE Gaudet, KB Laupland… - Annals of internal …, 2015 - acpjournals.org
Background: Body temperature is commonly used to screen patients for infectious diseases,
establish diagnoses, monitor therapy, and guide management decisions. Purpose: To …

Diagnostic value of laboratory tests in identifying serious infections in febrile children: systematic review

A Van den Bruel, MJ Thompson, T Haj-Hassan… - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Objective To collate all available evidence on the diagnostic value of laboratory tests for the
diagnosis of serious infections in febrile children in ambulatory settings. Design Systematic …

Clinical presentation of childhood leukaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RT Clarke, A Van den Bruel, C Bankhead… - Archives of disease in …, 2016 - adc.bmj.com
Objective Leukaemia is the most common cancer of childhood, accounting for a third of
cases. In order to assist clinicians in its early detection, we systematically reviewed all …

[HTML][HTML] A host signature based on TRAIL, IP-10, and CRP for reducing antibiotic overuse in children by differentiating bacterial from viral infections: a prospective …

C Papan, A Argentiero, M Porwoll, U Hakim… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Identifying infection aetiology is essential for appropriate antibiotic use. Previous
studies have shown that a host-protein signature consisting of TNF-related apoptosis …

Current and future use of point-of-care tests in primary care: an international survey in Australia, Belgium, The Netherlands, the UK and the USA

J Howick, JWL Cals, C Jones, CP Price… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Despite the growing number of point-of-care (POC) tests available, little research
has assessed primary care clinician need for such tests. We therefore aimed to determine …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in antibiotic prescription rates in febrile children presenting to emergency departments across Europe (MOFICHE): a multicentre observational study

NN Hagedoorn, DM Borensztajn, R Nijman… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background The prescription rate of antibiotics is high for febrile children visiting the
emergency department (ED), contributing to antimicrobial resistance. Large studies at …

[HTML][HTML] Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and its determinants among outpatient children in 3 low-and middle-income countries: A multicentric community-based …

A Ardillon, L Ramblière, E Kermorvant-Duchemin… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Antibiotic resistance is a global public health issue, particularly in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), where antibiotics required to treat resistant infections are …