External validation dataset
viral respiratory tract infection, bacterial infections, pneumonia, meningitis, cellulitis, hypoxia, cUTI, gastro-enteritis, acute illness, dehydration, infection, bacteraemia, sepsis
VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION, BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, PNEUMONIA, MENINGITIS, CELLULITIS, HYPOXIA, DEHYDRATION, INFECTION, APPENDICITIS, OSTEOMYELITIS, SEPSIS
From 15 February 2013 to 28 February 2014, children from 1 month to 16 years with an acute illness were included in 92 GP practices, 6 ambulatory paediatric practices and 6 EDs in Flanders, Belgium, as part of the ERNIE2 study [In the ERNIE2 study, SI was defined as an infection requiring hospital admission for more than 24 h. It comprised both the serious bacterial infections sepsis and bacteraemia, meningitis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, cellulitis and cUTI as well as appendicitis, gastro-enteritis with dehydration and viral respiratory tract infection with hypoxia [