Selected article for: "clinical outcome and laboratory test"

Author: Shi, Ting; McLean, Kenneth; Campbell, Harry; Nair, Harish
Title: Aetiological role of common respiratory viruses in acute lower respiratory infections in children under five years: A systematic review and meta–analysis
  • Document date: 2015_6_17
  • ID: 13cotyfb_6
    Snippet: We included studies that fulfilled our strict eligibility criteria: studies in children younger than five years; studies investigating clinical pneumonia (or lower respiratory infection) as the primary outcome; studies where respiratory specimens were collected and diagnostic test conducted using valid laboratory tests; case-control studies / prospective cohort studies that reported data in both case and control groups; reporting virus-specific p.....
    Document: We included studies that fulfilled our strict eligibility criteria: studies in children younger than five years; studies investigating clinical pneumonia (or lower respiratory infection) as the primary outcome; studies where respiratory specimens were collected and diagnostic test conducted using valid laboratory tests; case-control studies / prospective cohort studies that reported data in both case and control groups; reporting virus-specific proportions separate-ly in both groups; studies published between 1 January 1990 and 4 April 2014 (19 March for Chinese databases). We only included studies where the case definition for ALRI (or clinical pneumonia) was clearly defined and consistently applied.

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