External Validation of Pediatric Pneumonia and Bronchiolitis Risk Scores to Predict Mortality in Children Hospitalized in Kenya: A Retrospective Cohort Study
All risk scores showed at least fair performance in the prediction of in-hospital mortality within our dataset. The RISC-Malawi (MUAC) score appears to be the most promising candidate for future implementation; however, further research is needed to evaluate the calibration, feasibility, and clinical utility of these scores.
Authors
- Ting Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4101-4535)
- Charles N. Agoti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2160-567X)
- Zakariya Sheikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4147-4205)
- Becky Gordon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3739-179X)
- Ruonan Pei
- Joyce U. Nyiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7215-6539)
- Harish Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-9100)
- Heather Joy Zar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-759X)
- Esther Nyadzua Katama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3399-3037)
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Pwani University (KE)
- Edinburgh Cancer Research (GB)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Edinburgh College (GB)
- Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ZA)
- Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (ZA)
- The Queen's Medical Research Institute (GB)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf377
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35