Management of fever in Australian children: a population-based sample survey

• Main Authors: Joanna Holt (Author), Leslie White (Author), Gavin R. Wheaton (Author), Helena Williams (Author), Shefali Jani (Author), Gaston Arnolda (Author), Hsuen P. Ting (Author), Peter D. Hibbert (Author), Jeffrey Braithwaite (Author), on behalf of the CareTrack Kids investigative team (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Fever in childhood is a common acute presentation requiring clinical triage to identify the few children who have serious underlying infection. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been developed to assist clinicians with this task. This study aimed to assess the proportion o...