A survey about management of febrile children without source by primary care physicians

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-279

  Wittler, Robert R ^a,c   Cain, Kathleen K ^a   Bass, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile children; Fever without source; Guidelines; Impact; Occult bacteremia; Survey

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031970382     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199804000-00002     Document Type: Article

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