Fever in children less than 36 months of age - Questions and strategies for management in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Steere, Mardi ^a   Sharieff, Ghazala Q ^a,b   Stenklyft, Phyllis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Child; Fever; Infant

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IBUPROFEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PARACETAMOL; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; THIOMERSAL;

BACTEREMIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0043169441     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00175-6     Document Type: Article

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