Management of fever in Australian children: a population-based sample survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fever in childhood is a common acute presentation requiring clinical triage to identify the few children who have serious underlying infection. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been developed to assist clinicians with this task. This study aimed to assess the proportion of care provided in accordance with CPG recommendations for the management of fever in Australian children.

Methods

Clinical recommendations were extracted from five CPGs and formulated into 47 clinical indicators for use in auditing adherence. Indicators were categorised by phase of care: assessment, diagnosis and treatment. Patient records from children aged 0 to 15 years were sampled from general practices (GP), emergency departments (ED) and hospital admissions in randomly-selected heal

SUBMITTER: Holt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6956501 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature