- Fever
- Fever Without Focus (Approach to Fever in Children Under 36 months)
- Toxic Findings Suggestive of Occult Bacteremia
- Fever Without Focus Labs
- Fever Without Focus Management Birth to 3 Months
- Fever Without Focus Management 3 to 36 months
- Pediatric Sepsis
- Neonatal Sepsis
- Rochester Criteria for Febrile Infant 0 to 60 days
- Philadelphia Criteria for Febrile Infant 29-60 days
- Boston Criteria for Febrile Infant 28-89 days
- Yale Scale for Febrile Child 3 to 36 months
- Fever of Unknown Origin
- Serious fever causes with cryptic presentations
- Immediate Evaluation
- Age under 2 months
- Assess for Neonatal Sepsis
- Inconsolable or constant whimper
- Assess for serious illness
- Rectal Temperature >104 degrees Fahrenheit
- Signs of Meningitis or Meningococcemia
- Dyspnea (beyond simple congestion)
- Dysuria
- Routine clinical evaluation
- Age 2 to 6 months
- Assess for serious infection
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Fever persists longer than 48 to 72 hours
- Assess for Bacterial Infection
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Fever cleared for more than 24 hours, then recurred
- Assess for Bacterial superinfection
- No site of infection for more than 24 hours
- Assess for Fever Without Focus (Occult Bacteremia)
- Exercise higher level of suspicion in age <18 months