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Confiabilidad diagnóstica <strong>de</strong>l reporte materno <strong>de</strong> fiebre :: 79reporta utilizar el termómetro, un importanteporcentaje <strong>de</strong> ellas <strong>de</strong>sconoce los límites <strong>de</strong> temperaturaque señalan una elevación anormal <strong>de</strong>la misma. Es necesario que quienes intervienenen el cuidado <strong>de</strong> los niños eduquen a los padrescon respecto a los límites <strong>de</strong> temperatura queseñalan la presencia <strong>de</strong> fiebre, también en cuantoal significado <strong>de</strong> este síntoma y a su papel comomanifestación que haga necesaria la evaluaciónpor personal calificado.REFERENCIAS1. Alpern ER, Henretig FM. Fever. En: Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM, Ruddy RM, Silverman BK (Ed). Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine.Phila<strong>de</strong>lphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000:257-266.2. Banco L, Veltri-D. Ability of mothers to subjectively assess the presence of fever in their children. Am J Dis Child 1984;138:976-8.3. Singhi S, Sood V. Reliability of subjective assessment of fever by mothers. Indian Pediatr 1990;27:811-5.4. Jones RJ, O’Dempsey TJ, Greenwood BM. Screening for a raised rectal temperature in Africa. Arch Dis Child 1993;69:437-9.5. Graneto JW, Soglin DF. Maternal screening of childhood fever by palpation. Pediatr Emerg Care 1996;12:183-4.6. Nwanyanwu OC, Ziba C, Redd SC, Luby SP. Palpation as a method of fever <strong>de</strong>termination in Malawian children who are less than 5 years old:how reliable is it? Ann Trop Med Parasitol 1997;91:359-63.7. Bailo Diallo A, De Serres G, Beavogui AH, Lapointe C, Viens P. Home care of malaria-infected children of less than 5 years of age in a rural areaof the Republic of Guinea. Bull World Health Organ 2001;79:28-32.8. Habbema JDK, Eijkemans R, Krijnen P, Knottnerus JA. Analysis of data on the accuracy of diagnostic tests. En: Knottnerus JA (Ed). The evi<strong>de</strong>ncebase of clinical diagnosis. London: BMJ Books; 2002:117-143.9. Kramer MS, Feinstein AR. Clinical biostatistics. LIV. The biostatistics of concordance. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1981;29:111-123.10. Banco L, Jayashekaramurthy S. The ability of mothers to read a thermometer. Clin Pediatr (Phila.) 1990;29:343-5.11. Banco L, Perry A. Reading a thermometer by use of temperature zones. Am J Dis Chile 1990;144:1011-2.12. Landis SE, Earp JA, Sharp M. Day-care center exclusion of sick children: comparison of opinions of day-care staff, working mothers, andpediatricians. Pediatrics 1988;81:662-667.13. Schmitt BD. Fever phobia. Am J Dis Child 1980;134 :176-181.14. Kramer MS, Nalmark L, Leduc DG. Parental fever phobia and its correlates. Pediatrics 1985;75:1110-1113.15. Crocetti M, Moghbeli N, Serwint J. Fever phobia revisited: have parental misconceptions about fever changed in 20 years? Pediatrics 2001;107:1241-1246.PEDIATRÍA - VOL 41 No. 2 - 2006