Needle in a haystack: How to identify the sick febrile child

Emerg Med Australas. 2015 Aug;27(4):284-6. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12434. Epub 2015 Jun 24.

Authors

Tessa Davis¹, Henry Goldstein^{2

3}, Ben Lawton^{2

3

4}, Andrew Tagg⁵

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Emergency Department, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
³ School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Emergency Department, Logan Hospital, Logan City, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ Emergency Department, Footscray Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 26105597
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12434

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Biomarkers / analysis
Child
Fever / diagnosis*
Humans
Virus Diseases / diagnosis*

Substances

Biomarkers