Fever in children less than 36 months of age--questions and strategies for management in the emergency department.
Fever is a common pediatric complaint in the Emergency Department. Emergency Physicians often must be conservative in their management of febrile children, as patient follow-up is not always available. A unified approach for the management of febrile infants will be discussed in this article.
Steere
Mardi
M
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Sharieff
Ghazala Q
GQ
Stenklyft
Phyllis H
PH
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005334:Fever / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D003294:Seizures, Febrile