Diagnostic and prognostic research in paediatrics: Children with meningeal signs
(Diagnostisch en prognostisch onderzoek in de kindergeneeskunde: Kinderen met meningeale prikkeling)
2001-06-13
Doctoral Thesis
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Meningeal signs are indicative of bacterial meningitis and therefore necessitate a full diagnostic work-up, although these signs are not pathognomonic. Meningeal signs are present in 50 - 70% of children older than one with bacterial meningitis, as well as in 25 % of the children without meningitis in whom a lumbar puncture is performed. In about 60% of children who have meningeal signs, another diagnosis may be assessed.
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The
author
wishes to thank:
Health Care Insurance Council of the Netherlands
Keywords
Automatically Extracted Terms
- meningiti
- patient
- children
- meningeal signs
- meningeal
- score
- study
- sequelae
- health
- meningeal irritation
- treatment
- puncture
- decision rule
- model
- decision
- disease
- preference scores
- analysis
- diagnosis
- value
