Parental and medical knowledge and management of fever in Italian pre-school children

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chiappini, Elena ^a,c   Parretti, Alessandra ^a   Becherucci, Paolo ^b   Pierattelli, Monica ^b   Bonsignori, Francesca ^a   Galli, Luisa ^a   de Martino, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Primary Care Paediatricians   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caregiver parent; Children; Doctor; Fever; Fever phobia; Paediatrician; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ANTIPYRETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84866155882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-97     Document Type: Article

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