Acknowledgements
FRANK, ALBERT
This paper was written on behalf of the ERNIE 2 collaboration. The principal ERNIE 2 investigators are Bert Aertgeerts, Dominique Bullens, Frank Buntinx, Frans De Baets, Tine De Burghgraeve, Karin Decaestecker, Katrien De Schynkel, An de Sutter, Marieke Lemiengre, Karl Logghe, Jasmine Leus, Luc Pattyn, Marc Raes, Lut Van den Berghe, Christel Van Geet and Jan Verbakel. We would like to thank all participating GPs and all participating paediatricians, at UZ Leuven under the supervision of Prof. Christel Van Geet and Prof. Dominique Bullens, at AZ Turnhout under the supervision of Dr. Luc Pattyn, at Jessa Hasselt under the supervision of Dr. Marc Raes, at UZ Gent under the supervision of Prof. Frans De Baets, at AZ Maria Middelares under the supervision of Dr. Jasmine Leus and Dr. Katrien De Schynkel, at AZ Sint-Vincentius Deinze under the supervision of Dr. Lut Van den Berghe, at Stedelijk Ziekenhuis Roeselare under the supervision of Dr. Karin Decaestecker and at Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis Roeselare under the supervision of Dr. Karl Logghe. We would like to thank Frederick Albert, Greet Delvou and Annelien Poppe for the daily follow-up during the study. We would like to thank Alere Health Bvba, Belgium, for the technical support of the POC CRP devices. We would like to thank IKEA, Belgium, for the finger puppets, provided during this study. Last but not least, we would like to thank all the children and parents who took part in this study.