Short-term outcomes of pediatric emergency department febrile illnesses

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 617-623

  Mistry, Rakesh D ^a,c   Stevens, Molly W ^b   Gorelick, Marc H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Health services research; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; SLEEP; TELEPHONE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548765026     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318149f639     Document Type: Article

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