Temporal Validation of a Predictive Score for Death in Children with Visceral Leishmaniasis

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Variable</td><td class="align_center">Original score</td><td class="align_center">Recalibrated score</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dyspnea</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Associated infections</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Neutrophils &lt;500/mm³</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Jaundice</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mucosal bleeding</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Platelets &lt;50,000/mm³</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Sampaio’s original prognostic score and recalibrated score after validation.</div>

Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Table 3: Temporal Validation of a Predictive Score for Death in Children with Visceral Leishmaniasis 