RT Book, Section
A1 Schlaudecker, Elizabeth P.
A1 Black, Steven
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182933634
T1 Acute Fever Without a Focus
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182933634
RD 2024/04/24
AB Fever  is  one  of  the  most  common  causes  for  sick  child  visits  to  healthcare  providers  (HCPs).  Fever,  as  distinct  from  hyperthermia,  is  defined  as  a  regulated  rise  in  core  body  temperature.  Most  clinicians  define  fever  as  an  oral  or  rectal  temperature  of  38°C  (100.4°F)  or  higher.  In  the  pediatric  age  group,  infection  due  to  a  virus  (most  likely)  or  bacteria  (eg,  urinary  tract  infection)  is  the  most  common  cause  of  fever,  and  the  HCP  must  always  be  alert  to  serious  etiologies.  The  tendency  to  seek  medical  attention  for  fever  is  very  much  age-dependent,  with  younger  children  brought  to  care  most  often.  Although  part  of  the  tendency  to  seek  medical  attention  for  fever  rests  with  parental  anxiety,  part  rests  appropriately  with  the  increased  risk  of  serious  infection  associated  with  fever  in  the  youngest  children  (especially  neonates),  as  well  as  in  special  high-risk  groups.