Emergency Department Management of Febrile Respiratory Illness in Children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 429-434

  Shah, Sonal ^a   Bourgeois, Florence ^a   Mannix, Rebekah ^a   Nelson, Kyle ^a   Bachur, Richard ^a   Neuman, Mark I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; diagnostic testing; fever; guidelines; pneumonia; respiratory Illness

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; MASSACHUSETTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84973882956     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000721     Document Type: Article

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