The Effective Management of Fever in Pediatrics and Insights on Remote Management: Experts' Consensus Using a Delphi Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Even after the publication of the 2017 update of Italian guidelines on treatment of fever in pediatrics, some fundamental questions are still open and new ones emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To assess the level of consensus among Italian pediatricians on different topics related to treatment of fever in children by using the Delphi technique.

Methods

A Delphi study was undertaken between June and September 2021, when two questionnaires were consecutively sent to a panel of experts to be answered anonymously. An invitation to participate was sent to 500 pediatricians distributed over the whole national territory and 80 (16%) of them accepted to participate on a voluntary basis. The questionnaires were structured into three specific topics: "

SUBMITTER: Chiappini E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9087841 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature