RT Book, Section
A1 Staley, Shannon E.
A1 McQueen, Alisa A.
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101225523
T1 Pediatric Fever
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101225523
RD 2024/04/18
AB Regardless  of  age,  all  toxic-appearing  infants  and  children  with  fever  require  a  full  septic  work-up,  urgent  treatment  with  broad-spectrum  antibiotics,  and  admission.Initial  management  of  fever  in  infants  less  than  30  days  old  includes  a  complete  examination  of  cerebrospinal  fluid,  blood,  and  urine  for  a  serious  bacterial  infection,  prompt  empiric  antibiotic  administration,  and  hospitalization.Management  of  well-appearing  febrile  infants  aged  1–3  months  is  determined  by  analyzing  risk  factors  for  serious  bacterial  infection.Well-appearing,  low-risk,  febrile  infants  and  children  who  do  not  have  a  source  of  infection  must  have  reliable  follow-up  when  discharged  from  the  emergency  department.