The “Petechiae in children” (PiC) study: evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA – a study protocol

BACKGROUND: Children commonly present to Emergency Departments (ED) with a non-blanching rash in the context of a feverish illness. While most have a self-limiting viral illness, this combination of features potentially represents invasive serious bacterial infection, including meningococcal septica...

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Autores principales: Waterfield, Thomas, Lyttle, Mark D., Fairley, Derek, Mckenna, James, Woolfall, Kerry, Lynn, Fiona, Maney, Julie-Ann, Roland, Damian, Weir, Aoife, Shields, Michael D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6065062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30060751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1220-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6065062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30060751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1220-x

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