Fever in children is a common concern for parents and one of the most frequent presenting
complaints in emergency department visits, often involving non-pediatric emergency …

Background Efforts to develop an evidence-based approach to the evaluation and
management of young febrile infants have spanned more than 4 decades. 1 In the 1970s …

A key clinical responsibility of the emergency physician is to consider the “worst case
scenario” for a given chief complaint. When it comes to infections of the central nervous …

Importance In young febrile infants, serious bacterial infections (SBIs), including urinary tract
infections, bacteremia, and meningitis, may lead to dangerous complications. However …

Importance Febrile infants at low risk of invasive bacterial infections are unlikely to benefit
from lumbar puncture, antibiotics, or hospitalization, yet these are commonly performed. It is …

OBJECTIVES: To derive and internally validate a prediction model for the identification of
febrile infants≤ 60 days old at low probability of invasive bacterial infection (IBI). METHODS …

Study objective To describe the current epidemiology of bacteremia in febrile infants 60 days
of age and younger in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) …

BACKGROUND: Substantial variability exists in the care of febrile, well-appearing infants.
We aimed to assess the impact of a national quality initiative on appropriate hospitalization …

BACKGROUND: There is considerable variation in the approach to infants presenting to the
emergency department and outpatient clinics with fever without a source. We set out to …

BACKGROUND: Recent decision rules for the management of febrile infants support the
identification of infants at higher risk of serious bacterial infections (SBIs) without the …