title: Management of the child with fever.
abstract: The primary purpose of any intervention is to increase the child's comfort (or decrease their discomfort). The decision to treat fever therefore needs to be: individualised, based on knowledge of effectiveness, balanced against any risk of harm that might result from intervening. Interventions that assist the body's physiological responses to infection (eg encouraging fluids and removing excess clothing or wrappings) are particularly recommended.
authors.affiliation: WA Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery, USA. jeanette.robertson@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000293:Adolescent; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001494:Baths; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005334:Fever / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010287:Parent-Child Relations
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D000082:Acetaminophen