Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Clinical prediction rules and pediatric infectious diseases.

Clinical prediction rules (CPR) are tools including appropriately weighted clinical aspects (history, physical examination and/or complementary tests) showing the odds for a specific diagnosis or prognosis. Their development includes a complex and strict process to achieve the scientific strength which supports use in clinical settings. Although CPR may be developed for almost any clinical situ...

Clinical Practice in Infectious Diseases

M.D., F.R.C.P., and M. Mitman, M.D., F.R.C.P., with the collaboration of Ian Taylor M.D., M.R.C.P. Fourth edition. (Pp. 698. 30s.). Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone. 1951. I HE fourth edition of this wvork, first printed in 1940, enhances the positioIn enjoyed by its earlier editions. TIhe presentation of the current teaching of infectious diseases is commendable for its orderliness. Followving c...

Clinical Practice in Infectious Diseases

Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Getting Research Evidence into Practice and Generation of New Evidence

If a person who died in the early years of the twentieth century would come back today, he would not believe what he saw, heard, felt, tasted, and smelled. The twentieth century has been a century of so many discoveries and advances,unprecedented in any previous era. Also, the understanding, the prevention, the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases in pediatrics have made major leaps f...

Comparative Effectiveness Research in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Comparative-effectiveness research (CER) is a hot topic. There are several definitions for CER, but the Institute ofMedicine defines CER as “the generation and synthesis of evidence that compares the benefits and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat andmonitor a clinical condition or to improve the delivery of care” [1]. Comparative-effectiveness research focuses more on eff...