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How well do vital signs identify children with serious infections in paediatric emergency care
BMJ - Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 07/21/09
Thompson MJ et al. – A combination of vital signs can be used to differentiate children with serious infections from those with less serious infections in a paediatric assessment unit and may have comparable sensitivity to more complicated triage systems. The diagnostic value of combined vital signs and the NICE traffic light system remains to be determined in populations where the prevalence of severe illness is much lower.
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