Objective: To evaluate the Respiratory Index of Severity in Children (RISC) scoring system in the diagnosis and assessment of the severity of pneumonia in children, taking chest X-rays as the gold standard.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was performed at the Pediatric Department of DR. Ruth KM PFAU, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, from October 2024 to March 2025. The study included 145 children aged 1 month to 5 years, with a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and accuracy was calculated for RISC score ≥3, taking a chest X-ray score of ≥3 as a reference point for the diagnosis of pneumonia. A p-value
Key words: Children, pneumonia, Respiratory Index of Severity in Children, vaccinated, x-ray.
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