Acute intussusception in infants and children as an adverse event following immunization: case definition and guidelines of data collection, analysis, and presentation

[...]a range of atypical symptoms is reported to occur with intussusception. Because of the range of atypical symptoms reported to be associated with intussusception, no clinical case definition can be expected to identify all patients presenting with this condition. Data should be presented with nu...

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Published in:	Vaccine Vol. 22; no. 5-6; pp. 569 - 574
Main Authors:	Bines, Julie E, Kohl, Katrin S, Forster, Johannes, Zanardi, Lynn R, Davis, Robert L, Hansen, John, Murphy, Trudy M, Music, Stanley, Niu, Mannette, Varricchio, Frederick, Vermeer, Patricia, Wong, Emily J.C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 26-01-2004 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems - standards Adverse events following immunization Care definition Child Child, Preschool Clinical trials Collaboration Data collection Data Collection - statistics & numerical data Data guidelines Data Interpretation, Statistical Developing countries Disease Humans Immunization Immunization - adverse effects Infant Infant, Newborn Intussusception Intussusception - diagnosis Intussusception - etiology Intussusception - therapy LDCs Mortality Rotavirus Infections - physiopathology Studies Terminology as Topic Ultrasonic imaging Vaccines Viruses Data guidelines Adverse events following immunization Intussusception Care definition
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Summary:	[...]a range of atypical symptoms is reported to occur with intussusception. Because of the range of atypical symptoms reported to be associated with intussusception, no clinical case definition can be expected to identify all patients presenting with this condition. Data should be presented with numerator and denominator (n/N) and not in percentages only. Since in surveillance systems denominator data are usually not readily available, attempts should be made to identify approximate denominators.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.09.016