Alexander James Martin, Fabian Johannes Stanislaus van der Velden, Ulrich von Both, Maria N Tsolia, Werner Zenz, Manfred Sagmeister, Clementien Vermont, Gabriella de Vries, Laura Kolberg, Emma Lim, Marko Pokorn, Dace Zavadska, Federico Martinón-Torres, Irene Rivero-Calle, Nienke N Hagedoorn, Effua Usuf, Luregn Schlapbach, Taco W Kuijpers, Andrew J Pollard, Shunmay Yeung, Colin Fink, Marie Voice, Enitan Carrol, Philipp K A Agyeman, Aakash Khanijau, Stephane Paulus, Tisham De, Jethro Adam Herberg, Michael Levin, Michiel van der Flier, Ronald de Groot, Ruud Nijman, Marieke Emonts
OBJECTIVE: To externally validate and update the Feverkids tool clinical prediction model for differentiating bacterial pneumonia and other serious bacterial infections (SBIs) from non-SBI causes of fever in immunocompromised children. DESIGN: International, multicentre, prospective observational study embedded in PErsonalised Risk assessment in Febrile illness to Optimise Real-life Management across the European Union (PERFORM). SETTING: Fifteen teaching hospitals in nine European countries...
August 27, 2023: Archives of Disease in Childhood