Development of a paediatric severity score to predict outcomes of radiographic-confirmed community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalised children in Sabah, Malaysia
The PEPS score, the first developed in an upper-middle-income country using radiographic-confirmed CAP, accurately discriminates mild from moderate/severe hospitalised CAP. It may support case management in similar settings, but requires external validation before broader implementation.
Authors
- Stephanie T. Yerkovich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-4782)
- Hing Cheong Kok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9781-5905)
- Ethan Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6388-5841)
- Keith Grimwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3174-9834)
- Nicholas Fancourt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1772-9960)
- Ian Brent Masters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3053-2281)
- Gabrielle Britt McCallum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0210-1468)
- Chai Woon Gan
- Siew Moy Fong
- Qing Yu Tan
- Anne B Chang
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Charles Darwin University (AU)
- Menzies School of Health Research (AU)
- Sabah Environmental Trust (MY)
- Sabah Parks (MY)
- Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (AU)
- Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-330068
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00