Symptomatic Management of Fever in Children: A National Survey of Healthcare Professionals' Practices in France.

ABSTRACT: Despite the production and dissemination of recommendations related to managing fever in children, this symptom saturates the practices of primary healthcare professionals (HPs). Data on parent practices related to fever are available, but data on HPs' practices are limited. We studied HPs' practices, determinants of practices and concordance with recommendations in France. We conducted a national cross-sectional observational study between 2007 and 2008 among French general practitioners, primary care pediatricians and pharmacists. HPs were asked to include 5 consecutive patients aged 1 month to 12 years with acute fever. HPs completed a questionnaire about their practices for the current fever episode. We used a multilevel logistic regression model to assess the joint effects of patient-

SUBMITTER: Bertille N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4658127 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature