Evaluation and management of febrile infants in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-99

  King, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENINGITIS; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS;

EID: 0037325457     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(02)00082-2     Document Type: Article

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