Clinical guideline highlights for the hospitalist: Evaluation and management of well-appearing febrile infants 8 to 60 days old

Abstract

GUIDELINE TITLE: Evaluation and Management of Well-Appearing Febrile Infants 8 to 60 Days Old. RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2021. PRIOR VERSION(S): n/a. DEVELOPER: American Academy of Pediatrics. FUNDING SOURCE: American Academy of Pediatrics. TARGET POPULATION: Well-appearing, otherwise healthy infants with fever, ages 8 to 60 days, excluding those with prematurity (<37 wk gestation), focal bacterial infections except acute otitis media, high suspicion for herpes simplex virus (vesicles), clinical bronchiolitis.