ED Practice Patterns for Children Aged 3 to 36 Months With Fever Without a Source

Abstract

Investigators analyzed data from the 2006–2008 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to describe emergency department (ED) practice patterns in the Haemophilus influenza and pneumococcal vaccine era for children aged 3 to 36 months with fever ≥38°C without a source (e.g., sore throat, diarrhea). Patients were excluded if they had a discharge diagnosis that would likely preclude diagnostic testing (e.g., …