Evaluation of a Modified Vesikari Severity Score as a Research Tool for Assessing Pediatric Acute Gastroenteritis

Mary E Wikswo; Geoffrey A Weinberg; Peter G Szilagyi; Rangaraj Selvarangan; Christopher J Harrison; Eileen J Klein; Janet A Englund; Leila C Sahni; Julie A Boom; Natasha B Halasa; Laura S Stewart; Mary Allen Staat; Elizabeth P Schlaudecker; Parvin H Azimi; Samantha H Johnston; Sara A Mirza

doi:10.1093/jpids/piae090

Evaluation of a Modified Vesikari Severity Score as a Research Tool for Assessing Pediatric Acute Gastroenteritis

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Aug 31:piae090. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piae090. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Mary E Wikswo¹, Geoffrey A Weinberg², Peter G Szilagyi², Rangaraj Selvarangan³, Christopher J Harrison³, Eileen J Klein⁴, Janet A Englund⁴, Leila C Sahni^{5

6}, Julie A Boom^{5

6}, Natasha B Halasa⁷, Laura S Stewart⁷, Mary Allen Staat⁸, Elizabeth P Schlaudecker⁸, Parvin H Azimi⁹, Samantha H Johnston⁹, Sara A Mirza¹

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
³ The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
⁴ Seattle Children's Research Institute and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵ Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁶ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁷ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁸ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁹ UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, California, USA.

PMID: 39215685
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piae090

Abstract

A modified Vesikari severity score (MVSS) is a useful research tool for assessing severity of acute gastroenteritis. We present a MVSS for studies in which a follow-up assessment of symptoms cannot be obtained. The MVSS significantly correlated with other markers of severity, including illness duration and work and school absenteeism.

Keywords: United States; acute gastroenteritis; rotavirus; severity score; surveillance.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2024. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.