Open Access[Validation of a simplified prediction rule to identify etiology in children with pneumonia].
Author(s) -
Mariela López,
Fernando Torres,
Carolina Davenport,
María José Rial,
Norma González,
Fernando Ferrero
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pubmed
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2011.499
Subject(s) - pneumonia , bacterial pneumonia , medicine , chest radiograph , predictive value , viral pneumonia , predictive value of tests , etiology , clinical prediction rule , receiver operating characteristic , positive predicative value , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , covid-19 , lung , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Identifying on admission those children with bacterial pneumonia could reduce inappropriate antibiotic use. The BPS (Bacterial Pneumonia Score) is a clinical prediction rule that accurately identifies children with bacterial pneumonia. Because the interpretation of chest X-ray included in this model could be considered difficult, a simplified version was developed, but this version has not yet been validated in a different population.