Self-referral and serious illness in children with fever

The goal of this study was to evaluate parents' capability to assess their febrile child's severity of illness and decision to present to the emergency department. We compared children referred by a general practitioner (GP) with those self-referred on the basis of illness-severity markers...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 2012-03, Vol.129 (3), p.e643-e651
Hauptverfasser:	van Ierland, Yvette, Seiger, Nienke, van Veen, Mirjam, van Meurs, Alfred H J, Ruige, Madelon, Oostenbrink, Rianne, Moll, Henriëtte A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Children Childrens health Confidence Intervals Cross-Sectional Studies Decision Making Diagnosis Diagnostic Self Evaluation Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization Family physicians Female Fever Fever - diagnosis Fever - therapy General Practice - methods General Practice - statistics & numerical data General practitioners Health aspects Hospitals, University Humans Hyperthermia Infant Intervention Male Netherlands Odds Ratio Parent-Child Relations Parents & parenting Pediatrics Physicians (General practice) Practice Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data Regression analysis Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index
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Zusammenfassung:	The goal of this study was to evaluate parents' capability to assess their febrile child's severity of illness and decision to present to the emergency department. We compared children referred by a general practitioner (GP) with those self-referred on the basis of illness-severity markers. This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted at the emergency departments of a university and a teaching hospital. GP-referred or self-referred children with fever (aged
ISSN:	0031-4005 1098-4275
DOI:	10.1542/peds.2011-1952