A retrospective review of vital signs and clinical outcomes of febrile infants younger than 3 months old presenting to the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Febrile infants younger than 3 months old present a diagnostic dilemma to the emergency physician. We aim to describe a large population of febrile infants less than 3 months old presenting to a pediatric emergency department (ED) and to assess the performance of current heart rate guidelines in the prediction of serious infections (SI).

Materials and methods

We performed a retrospective review of febrile infants younger than 3 months old, between March 2015 and Feb 2016, in a large tertiary pediatric ED. We documented the primary outcome of SI for each infant, as well as the clinical findings, vital signs, and Severity Index Score (SIS). We assessed the performance of the Paediatric Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (PaedCTAS), Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APL

SUBMITTER: Chong SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5755800 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature