Incorporating patient preferences into practice guidelines: Management of children with fever without source

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 836-841

  Oppenheim, Peter I ^a,b   Sotiropoulos, Georgia ^a   Baraff, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b the UCSF Family Medicine Residency Program Community Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK-TAKING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027960739     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(94)70201-2     Document Type: Article

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