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Paediatric emergency departments should manage young febrile and afebrile infants the same if they have a fever before presenting
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- Orfanos, Ioannis (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Barninfektioner och global barn- och ungdomshälsa,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Pediatrik infectious diseases and global child health,Lund University Research Groups,Skåne University Hospital
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- Sotoca Fernandez, Jorge (author)
- Skåne University Hospital
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- Elfving, Kristina (author)
- University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för pediatrik,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics,Sahlgrenska Academy
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- Alfvén, Tobias (author)
- Karolinska Institute,Karolinska Institutet,Sachs’ Children and Youth Hospital
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- Eklund, Erik A (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Pediatrik, Lund,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Paediatrics (Lund),Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine,Skåne University Hospital
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- 2022-07-16
- 2022
- English.
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In: Acta Paediatrica. - : Wiley. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 111:10
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- Aim Our aim was to evaluate the risk of bacterial meningitis, bacteremia, and urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants <= 60 days who presented to paediatric emergency departments (PEDs) after having fever at home. We also investigated any differences between infants who were afebrile or febrile on presentation. Methods This was a multicenter retrospective study of infants <= 60 days presented to four Swedish PEDs during 2014-2020 with reported fever at home. We used relative risks (RR) to compare the prevalence of UTI, bacteremia, and bacterial meningitis between the infants who were afebrile and the infants who were still febrile when they presented to the PED. Results The cohort comprised 1926 infants, and 702 (36%) were afebrile on presentation. The prevalence of UTI in the afebrile and febrile infants was 6.1% [95% confidence interval (CI) 4.5-8.2] versus 14.2% (95% CI 12.3-16.2), corresponding to an RR of 0.43 (95% CI 0.31-0.59). In infants <= 28 days, the RR for meningitis was 1.05 (95% CI 0.18-6.23) for afebrile versus febrile infants. Five times more febrile infants underwent a lumbar puncture. Conclusion Infants who were afebrile on presentation underwent fewer lumbar punctures, but they had similar rates of bacterial meningitis to febrile infants. Different management approaches are not justified.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Kirurgi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Surgery (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Infektionsmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Infectious Medicine (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Anestesi och intensivvård (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- febrile infant
- management
- meningitis
- prevalence
- serious bacterial
- infection
- serious bacterial-infections
- history
- care
- Pediatrics
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- art (subject category)
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