Summary of the practice guideline 'Children with fever' (second revision) from the Dutch College of General Practitioners;Samenvatting van de standaard 'Kinderen met koorts' (tweede herziening) van het Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 152, Issue 51-52, 2008, Pages 2781-2786

  Oteman, N ^a   Berger, M Y ^a   Boomsma, L J ^a   Wiersma, Tj ^a   Goudswaard, A N ^a  

^a DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CONSULTATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MENINGITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 58149456463     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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