Point-of-care C reactive protein to identify serious infection in acutely ill children presenting to hospital: prospective cohort study

Jan Y Verbakel; Marieke B Lemiengre; Tine De Burghgraeve; An De Sutter; Bert Aertgeerts; Dominique M A Bullens; Bethany Shinkins; Ann Van den Bruel; Frank Buntinx

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2016-312384

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Point-of-care C reactive protein to identify serious infection in acutely ill children presenting to hospital: prospective cohort study

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Jan Y Verbakel Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marieke B Lemiengre Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tine De Burghgraeve Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
An De Sutter Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bert Aertgeerts Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dominique M A Bullens Clinical Department of Paediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Paediatric Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bethany Shinkins Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ann Van den Bruel Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Frank Buntinx Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Prof Dr Jan Y Verbakel, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; jan.verbakel{at}phc.ox.ac.uk

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Verbakel JY, Lemiengre MB, De Burghgraeve T, et al

Point-of-care C reactive protein to identify serious infection in acutely ill children presenting to hospital: prospective cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood 2018;103:420-426.

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Received November 17, 2016
Revised November 28, 2017
Accepted November 28, 2017
First published December 21, 2017.

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August 10, 2018

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