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Evaluation of temperature–pulse centile charts in identifying serious bacterial illness: observational cohort study

BACKGROUND: Distinguishing serious bacterial infection (SBI) from milder/self-limiting infections is often difficult. Interpretation of vital signs is confounded by the effect of temperature on pulse and respiratory rate. Temperature–pulse centile charts have been proposed to improve the predictive...

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Autores principales: Brent, Andrew J, Lakhanpaul, Monica, Ninis, Nelly, Levin, Michael, MacFaul, Roddy, Thompson, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21233079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2010.183129