Development and validation of a clinical severity prediction model for hospitalized children with pertussis
Dongmei Zhang, Yue Zhang, Xiaoxia Lu, Dan Sun · 2026
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Description
Dongmei Zhang and co-authors built a bedside scoring chart in 2026 to flag which hospitalized children with whooping cough are headed for severe illness. The disease can turn dangerous in small children, and early sorting guides care.
Working from cases at one children's hospital between 2022 and 2024, the team searched for warning signs. Six stood out: fast heart rate, fast breathing, crackling sounds in the lungs, and low levels of hemoglobin, albumin, and an antibody. Folded into a chart, they separated severe from mild cases with high accuracy in both the building set and a later check set. The authors offer the chart for early triage on the ward.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dongmei Zhang, Yue Zhang, Xiaoxia Lu, Dan Sun |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |