Effectiveness of fever education in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 565-568

  Baker, Mark D ^a,c   Monroe, Kathy W ^a   King, William D ^b   Sorrentino, Annalise ^a   Glaeser, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department use; Fever; Parental education

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; URBAN AREA; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349756054     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181b4f64e     Document Type: Article

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