Choosing Wisely Overnight? Residents’ Approach to Fever

We surveyed internal medicine residents regarding how they approach febrile patients in cross-cover settings. Residents frequently use the term “full fever work-up,” and rely on this for sign-out. Despite this, residents felt fever work-ups were not evidenced-based, and definitions of when and how t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Howard-Anderson, Jessica, Schwab, Kristin, Quinn, Roswell, Graber, Christopher J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28638842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx080
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Sumario:We surveyed internal medicine residents regarding how they approach febrile patients in cross-cover settings. Residents frequently use the term “full fever work-up,” and rely on this for sign-out. Despite this, residents felt fever work-ups were not evidenced-based, and definitions of when and how to respond to a fever varied.

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