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- An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine
- An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword to the 1st edition
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Dedication
- Section 1 Principles of Emergency Medicine
- Section 2 Primary Complaints
- 10 Abdominal pain
- 11 Abnormal behavior
- 12 Alcohol-related emergencies
- 13 Allergic reactions and anaphylactic syndromes
- 14 Altered mental status
- 15 Bleeding
- 16 Burns
- 17 Chest pain
- 18 Constipation
- 19 Crying and irritability
- 20 Dental pain
- 21 Diabetes-related emergencies
- 22 Diarrhea
- 23 Dizziness and vertigo
- 24 Ear pain, nosebleed and throat pain (ENT)
- 25 Extremity trauma
- 26 Eye pain, redness and visual loss
- 27 Fever in adults
- 28 Fever in children
- 29 Gastrointestinalbleeding
- 30 Headache
- 31 Hypertensive urgencies and emergencies
- 32 Joint pain
- 33 Low back pain
- 34 Pelvic pain
- 35 Rash
- 36 Scrotal pain
- 37 Seizures
- 38 Shortness of breath in adults
- 39 Shortness of breath in children
- 40 Syncope
- 41 Toxicologic emergencies
- 42 Urinary-related complaints
- 43 Vaginal bleeding
- 44 Vomiting
- 45 Weakness
- Section 3 Unique Issues in Emergency Medicine
- Appendices
- Index
28 - Fever in children
from Section 2 - Primary Complaints
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine
- An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword to the 1st edition
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Dedication
- Section 1 Principles of Emergency Medicine
- Section 2 Primary Complaints
- 10 Abdominal pain
- 11 Abnormal behavior
- 12 Alcohol-related emergencies
- 13 Allergic reactions and anaphylactic syndromes
- 14 Altered mental status
- 15 Bleeding
- 16 Burns
- 17 Chest pain
- 18 Constipation
- 19 Crying and irritability
- 20 Dental pain
- 21 Diabetes-related emergencies
- 22 Diarrhea
- 23 Dizziness and vertigo
- 24 Ear pain, nosebleed and throat pain (ENT)
- 25 Extremity trauma
- 26 Eye pain, redness and visual loss
- 27 Fever in adults
- 28 Fever in children
- 29 Gastrointestinalbleeding
- 30 Headache
- 31 Hypertensive urgencies and emergencies
- 32 Joint pain
- 33 Low back pain
- 34 Pelvic pain
- 35 Rash
- 36 Scrotal pain
- 37 Seizures
- 38 Shortness of breath in adults
- 39 Shortness of breath in children
- 40 Syncope
- 41 Toxicologic emergencies
- 42 Urinary-related complaints
- 43 Vaginal bleeding
- 44 Vomiting
- 45 Weakness
- Section 3 Unique Issues in Emergency Medicine
- Appendices
- Index
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- An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine , pp. 393 - 404Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012