Febrile syndromes in children younger than 2 years of age in the Emergency Department;Síndrome febril a urgències en infants menors de dos anys

Pediatria Catalana

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Hernández Bou, Susana ^a   Sainz De La Maza, Victoria Trenchs ^a   Fernández López, Anna M ^a   García García, Joan Josep ^a   Luaces Cubells, Carles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Febrile young child; Fever without origin

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 2942565981     PISSN: 11358831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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