Objective: To validate the clinical scoring system for malaria in children devised in India and express the clinical significance. Study design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted from AugustNovember 2016 at the Children’s Hospital, Lahore. Material and Methods: Every febrile child between the age of 1-15 years admitted in hospital or presented in outdoor fulfilling the case definition of suspected malaria was included. Results: Mean clinical score in proven and non-proven malaria cases were 11.38 and 7.41 respectively with p-value of 8.8, area under curve (AUC) was 0.937 (95% CI 0.879- 0.995) with p-value of
Muhammad Zeeshan Khan , ANJUM SAEED,, FARIHA AHMAD KHAN,, Fawad Ahmad Khan,, Attia Bari,, Samreen Ashraf. (2020) Efficacy of Clinical Scoring in Diagnosing Malaria in a Developing Country: A Cross-Sectional Study, , Volume 44, Issue 4.
