Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management: Clinical guideline [CG160]

This guideline covers the assessment and early management of fever with no obvious cause in children aged under 5. It aims to improve clinical assessment and help healthcare professionals diagnose serious illness among young children who present with fever in primary and secondary care. In August 2017, recommendation 1.2.1.2 was added to cross-refer to the NICE guideline on sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management. Recommendation 1.4.3.3 was also added, to highlight that clinicians should not use a response to antipyretic therapy alone as a means to differentiate between serious and non-serious infection. A footnote was also added to recommendation 1.2.2.10 and Table 1 to highlight that some vaccinations have been found to induce fever in children younger than 3 months.
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