title: Fever in children less than 36 months of age--questions and strategies for management in the emergency department.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Mardi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steere
authors.forename: Ghazala Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Sharieff
authors.forename: Phyllis H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Stenklyft
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005334:Fever / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D003294:Seizures, Febrile