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Chapter 50 - Fever in the Newborn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

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Maureen McCollough
Edited by
Rachel L. Chin ,
Bradley W. Frazee  and
Zlatan Coralic
Rachel L. Chin
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Bradley W. Frazee
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Zlatan Coralic
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases , pp. 328 - 333
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Pediatric Committee. Clinical policy for children younger than three years presenting to the emergency department with fever. Ann. Emerg. Med. 2003; 42(4): 530–45.Google Scholar
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Millar, K. R., Gloor, J. E., Wellington, N., and Joubert, G. Early neonatal presentations to the pediatric emergency department. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2000; 16(3): 145–52.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Additional Readings

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Pediatric Committee. Clinical policy for children younger than three years presenting to the emergency department with fever. Ann. Emerg. Med. 2003; 42(4): 530–45.Google Scholar
American Heart Association (AHA). 2005 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) of pediatric and neonatal patients: pediatric advanced life support. Pediatrics 2006; 117(5): e1005–28.Google Scholar
Millar, K. R., Gloor, J. E., Wellington, N., and Joubert, G. Early neonatal presentations to the pediatric emergency department. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2000; 16(3): 145–52.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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