Parental fever attitude and management: Influence of parental ethnicity and child's age

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-342

  Nijman, Ruud G ^a   Oostenbrink, Rianne ^a   Dons, Eefje M ^a   Bouwhuis, Carola B ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antipyretics; Ethnicity; Fever; Fever phobia; Parental fever management

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEVER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERMOMETER;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 77952293111     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181db1dce     Document Type: Article

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