Evaluation of a Modified Vesikari Severity Score as a Research Tool for Assessing Pediatric Acute Gastroenteritis.
Mary E WikswoGeoffrey A WeinbergPeter G SzilagyiRangaraj SelvaranganChristopher J HarrisonEileen J KleinJanet A EnglundLeila C SahniJulie A BoomNatasha B HalasaLaura S StewartMary Allen StaatElizabeth P SchlaudeckerParvin H AzimiSamantha H JohnstonSara A MirzaPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2024)
A modified Vesikari severity score (MVSS) is a useful research tool for assessing severity of acute gastroenteritis. We present a MVSS for studies in which a follow-up assessment of symptoms cannot be obtained. The MVSS significantly correlated with other markers of severity, including illness duration and work and school absenteeism.