Podcast 703: Fever in Infants

Contributor: Neil Cella, MD  Educational Pearls: 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:  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