Management of febrile neonates in US pediatric emergency departments

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-195

  Jain, Shabnam ^a   Cheng, John ^a   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^b   Thurm, Cary ^c   Schroeder, Lisa ^d   Black, Kelly ^e   Ellison, Angela M ^f   Stone, Kimberly ^g   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^h  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Sanford Children's Hospital   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Fever; Neonate

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; FEVER; NEONATE;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893262316     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1820     Document Type: Article

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