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AAP Grand Rounds 13:9 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

COMBINED INTERNAL MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS

A Clinical Prediction Rule was Useful in Determining Likelihood of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) During an Outbreak in Hong Kong

Source: Leung GM, Hedley AJ, Ho LM, et al. The epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the 2003 Hong Kong epidemic: an analysis of all 1755 patients. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:333–342.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Twenty-nine confirmed cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred in the United States during the 2002–3 winter season.1 Since the initial symptoms of SARS overlap with those of the common cold or flu, it is difficult to determine the likelihood of SARS at the beginning of the illness. Investigators from the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hospital Authority, and Imperial College, University of London used information from a database of 2649 consecutive patients at . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Brett Robbins, MD
Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY