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GuidelineJournal of paediatrics and child health2025

Prolonged Fever in Children: An Inpatient Diagnostic Framework for Infections in Australia.

Heshani Rupasinghe, Clare Nourse, Jennifer Robson, Angela Berkhout

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Guideline in Journal of paediatrics and child health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Heshani RupasinghePaediatric Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia.
Clare NourseInfection Management and Prevention Service, the Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Jennifer RobsonMicrobiology and Molecular Pathology, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Bowen Hills, Australia.
Angela BerkhoutPaediatric Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-7768

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are many causes of fever in children, ranging from common and self-limiting to serious and life threatening. Careful assessment of children with prolonged fever without an obvious or identified source requires detailed history and examination with consideration of infections unique to the specific geographical region and individual exposure risks. Previous recommendations for diagnostic work-up have provided valuable insights, but none have been tailored to the Australian inpatient setting. Recognising this gap, a diagnostic approach for infections specifically designed for the Australian child admitted to hospital with prolonged fever (

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FeverAustraliaChildChild, PreschoolHospitalizationHumansInfantInpatientschildrenfeverfever of unknown origin (FUO)prolonged feverpyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)

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PMID40083136
PMCPMC12003944

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