The Yale Observation Scale Score and the Risk of Serious Bacterial Infections in Febrile Infants

CONCLUSIONS:
In this large prospective cohort of febrile infants ≤60 days of age, neither the YOS score nor unstructured clinician suspicion reliably identified those with invasive bacterial infections. More accurate clinical and laboratory predictors are needed to risk stratify febrile infants.

Source: PEDIATRICS - June 30, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Nigrovic, L. E., Mahajan, P. V., Blumberg, S. M., Browne, L. R., Linakis, J. G., Ruddy, R. M., Bennett, J. E., Rogers, A. J., Tzimenatos, L., Powell, E. C., Alpern, E. R., Casper, T. C., Ramilo, O., Kuppermann, N., for the Febrile Infant Working Group of Tags: Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease Article Source Type: research