Performance of clinical decision aids (CDA) for the care of young febrile infants: a multicentre prospective cohort study conducted in the UK and Ireland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Between 1% and 4% of febrile infants, aged from birth to 90 days of age, presenting to hospital will be diagnosed with an invasive bacterial infection (IBI). Traditional teaching has advocated a treat all approach but more recently a number of clinical decision aids (CDA) have been developed to classify febrile infants into lower and higher risk cohorts, with lower risk infants suitable for management without immediate parenteral antibiotics and lumbar puncture. The aim of this study was to apply these CDA to a UK and Irish cohort.

Methods

This was a prospective multicentre cohort study of febrile infants presenting to 35 Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) sites between the 6th July 2022 and the 31st August 2023. All infants received stan

SUBMITTER: Umana E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11638619 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature