Tag: fever
39·0°C versus 38·5°C ear temperature as fever limit in children with neutropenia undergoing chemotherapy for cancer: A multicentre, cluster-randomised, multiple-crossover, non-inferiority trial
1. In children with neutropenia and chemotherapy for cancer, 39·0°C ear temperature as a threshold for fever is non-inferior to ...
Foregoing antibiotics in pediatric outpatients with suspected pneumonia may be a safe option
1. In children aged 3 months to 18 years discharged from the emergency department (ED) with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), ...
Quick Take: Evaluating the impact of community health volunteer home visits on child diarrhea and fever in the Volta Region, Ghana
Child deaths due to diarrhea and malaria are not uncommon in many low- and middle-income countries. In resource-poor settings, community ...
Peripheral thermometers may inaccurately measure body temperature
1. From a systematic review and meta-analysis, peripheral thermometers had a high specificity for detecting fever, but their sensitivity was ...
Patient Basics: Fever
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? A fever is an increase in body temperature above the normal range. However, ...
24 hours may be sufficient to monitor blood cultures in febrile infants
1. The mean time to blood culture positivity in febrile infants with bacteremia was roughly 15 hours. 2. By 24 ...
Nonmalarial causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children
Image: PD 1. Bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections were identified in 87%, 81%, and 11% of febrile Tanzanian outpatient children ...