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Feverish illness in children
8.7 Referral to paediatric intensive care 190
9 Antipyretic interventions 192
9.1 Effects of body temperature reduction 192
9.2 Physical and drug interventions to reduce body temperature 197
10 Advice for home care 235
10.1 Care at home 235
10.2 When to seek further help 239
11 Health Economics 242
11.1 Cost analysis of thermometers for use in children and infants with fever 242
11.2 Description of the costing analysis 242
11.3 Economics of referral to a specialist paediatric team of a child with fever without source,
analysis undertaken for the 2007 guideline 250
11.4 Economic evaluation of C-reactive protein versus procalcitonin– analysis undertaken for the
2007 guideline 253
11.5 Hour time limit for an urgent face-to-face consultation following remote assessment: GDG
reasoning and justification in the absence of data to inform a formal economic analysis– analysis
undertaken for the 2007 guideline 256
12 References 261
13 Abbreviations and glossary 286
13.1 Abbreviations 286
13.2 Glossary 288
Appendices A to L are presented as separate files.
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