Value of blood pressure for detecting serious illness in children attending acute care settings in low- and middle-income countries: a multicentre observational study
Naomi Kemps, Nienke N Hagedoorn, Navin P Boeddha, Abdoulie Faal, Natanael Holband, Amadu E Juliana, Kristina Keitel, Kevin H Van’t Kruys, Elizabeth V Ledger, Chacha D Mangu, Henriette A Moll, Andrew M Prentice, Rainer Tan, Effua Usuf, Stefan A Unger, Clementien L Vermont, Joany M Zachariasse, on behalf of VITaLs Study Group · 2026
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Naomi Kemps and colleagues present a 2026 multi-country study on whether low blood pressure helps spot serious illness in children at acute care sites in poorer countries. Routine pressure checks in children have been questioned.
Data came from three sites in The Gambia and Suriname, covering more than twenty-two thousand visits in all. Low pressure by age-based cutoffs appeared in 8.3 to 17.3 percent of visits across sites. Serious illness, defined by admission or referral upward, was the outcome tested. The study weighs whether a cheap cuff reading earns its place in first assessment where illness runs high.
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| CREATOR | Naomi Kemps, Nienke N Hagedoorn, Navin P Boeddha, Abdoulie Faal, Natanael Holband, Amadu E Juliana, Kristina Keitel, Kevin H Van’t Kruys, Elizabeth V Ledger, Chacha D Mangu, Henriette A Moll, Andrew M Prentice, Rainer Tan, Effua Usuf, Stefan A Unger, Clementien L Vermont, Joany M Zachariasse, on behalf of VITaLs Study Group |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31026 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |