Emergency department laboratory evaluations of fever without source in children aged 3 to 36 months

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Simon, Alan E ^a   Lukacs, Susan L ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice variation; Emergency department; Fever

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 83155182622     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3855     Document Type: Article

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