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The Significance Of Fever In Infants Less Than Three Months Old : A Retrospective Review Of One Year's Experience At Boston City Hospital's Pediatric Walk-In Clinic, Paula Chandler Schlesinger

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The hospital records of all outpatient infants 92 days of age or less with rectal temperature ≥ 100° F and/or chief complaint of fever who presented to Boston City Hospital's Pediatric Walk-In Clinic (PWIC) in the year 1981 were reviewed. There were 187 total study visits. The rectal temperature (T) in the PWIC was ≥ 100°F in 132 visits; half of these visits (66) were for T ≥ 101°F. The number of patients presenting with T ≥ 101°F increased with each month of age. The majority of study visits (56.1%) were for mild, self-limited illnesses; 14.4% of all visits were …