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Ep 173 Febrile Infant – Risk Stratification and Workup

Emergency Medicine Cases

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The Mysticism of Fever

I'll be quite frank. I think there's a lot of mysticism around fevers. A fever is anything of 38 degrees C, ideally rectally. Once you've reached that threshold at any point in your journey, either before the hospital or when you're in the hospital, it is a fever. So we have to set the track right for all of our listeners to make sure they understand and ensure that they understand if fever is greater than 38 degrees. That is critical. Studies show that infants who present with a single spike of fever at home and are no longer febron ED have the same risk of IVI as those who are febron when we see them or in

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