Frequency and Consequences of Routine Temperature Measurement at Well-Child Visits.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the (1) frequency and visit characteristics of routine temperature measurement and (2) rates of interventions by temperature measurement practice and the probability of incidental fever detection.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed well-child visits between 2014-2019. We performed multivariable regression to characterize visits associated with routine temperature measurement and conducted generalized estimating equations regression to determine adjusted rates of interventions (antibiotic prescription, and diagnostic testing) and vaccine deferral by temperature measurement and fever status, clustered by clinic and patient. Through dual independent chart review, fever (≥100.4°F) was categorized as probable, possible, or unlikely to

SUBMITTER: Dang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9647939 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature