Tagged ‘Fever’

Journal Review

Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

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Fever without source in infants less than three months old presents a difficult diagnostic dilemma for ED physicians.  Over the past 25 years several algorithms have been developed to help guide clinicians,
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Journal Review

The HEAT Trial – Acetaminophen in Critical Illness

Filed Under: Tags: , , , December 10th, 2015 Leave a Comment

This review was cross-posted on REBEL EM.

Acetaminophen (paracetamol) is commonly used to lower the temperature of patients with fever suspected to be cause d by an infection in both homes across the world and the hospital.
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