Paediatric pneumonia: deriving a model to identify severe disease.
Stuart HaggieElizabeth H BarnesHiran SelvaduraiHasantha GunasekeraDominic A FitzgeraldPublished in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)
A clinical risk prediction tool is needed for child CAP. We have identified risk factors and derived a simple clinical tool using clinical variables at hospital presentation to determine a child's risk of invasive or intensive care treatment with an ROC AUC comparable with adult pneumonia tools.