Podcast 703: Fever in Infants
Aug 10, 2021•5 min
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Episode description
Contributor: Neil Cella, MD
Educational Pearls:
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- 10% of patients 100.4) have an serious bacterial infection
- Most of these are UTIs, but also consider pneumonia and meningitis
- Requires CXR, LP, labs, and UA to work up cause of fever
- 29-60 day old well-appearing febrile infant:
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- Can discharge without abx if CXR, lumbar puncture, labs and UA without signs of bacterial infection
- If UA is positive for UTI a LP is still indicated for febrile infants
References
Hamilton JL, Evans SG, Bakshi M. Management of Fever in Infants and Young Children. Am Fam Physician. 2020;101(12):721-729.
Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD
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