Fever without a localizing source

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Trainor, Jennifer L ^a   Stamos, Julie Kim ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; INFANT; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIPYRETICS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFANT; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79951470132     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20101214-06     Document Type: Review

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