Symptomatic fever management in children: A systematic review of national and international guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Divergent attitudes towards fever have led to a high level of inconsistency in approaches to its management. In an attempt to overcome this, clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the symptomatic management of fever in children have been produced by several healthcare organizations. To date, a comprehensive assessment of the evidence level of the recommendations made in these CPGs has not been carried out.

Methods

Searches were conducted on Pubmed, google scholar, pediatric society websites and guideline databases to locate CPGs from each country (with date coverage from January 1995 to September 2020). Rather than assessing overall guideline quality, the level of evidence for each recommendation was evaluated according to criteria of the Oxford Centre for Evid

SUBMITTER: Green C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211223 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature