Randomized Trial of a Clinical Decision Support System: Impact on the Management of Children with Fever without Apparent Source
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Vol. 15 (1), 107-113
- https://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.m2164
Abstract
The management of young febrile children is an everyday challenge for emergency department (ED) physicians. Distinguishing children with mild viral disease from those with serious bacterial infection (SBI) is difficult as clinical presentation is often non-specific.1–3 Early identification of children at risk for SBI could support appropriate management in terms of diagnostic and therapeutic decisions.Keywords
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