Shock Index in the early assessment of febrile children at the emergency department: a prospective multicentre study.
Nienke N HagedoornJoany M ZachariasseDorine M BorensztajnElise AdriaansensUlrich von BothEnitan D CarrolIrini EleftheriouMarieke EmontsMichiel van der FlierRonald de GrootJethro Adam HerbergBenno KohlmaierEmma LimIan MaconochieFederico M TorresRuud Gerard NijmanMarko PokornIrene Rivero-CalleMaria TsoliaDace ZavadskaWerner ZenzMichael LevinClementien VermontHenriette A Mollnull nullPublished in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)
High Shock Index is associated with serious illness in febrile children. However, its rule-out value is insufficient which suggests that the Shock Index is not valuable as a screening tool for all febrile children at the ED.