Fever in Infants 0 to 60 Days

Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Fever in Infants 0 to 60 Days pathways provide guidance on the evaluation and management of infants ages 0 to 60 days old with a fever.

The pathways include:

• Stratify patients based on by age and presenting symptoms
• Facilitate the avoidance of unnecessary interventions
• Encourage shared decision-making between health providers and caregivers

Fever in infants 0 to 60 Days clinical pathways

• Fever in Infants 0 to 60 days

About our fever in infants 0 to 60 Days clinical pathways

The Fever in Infants 0 to 60 Days pathways provide guidance on the evaluation, treatment and management of febrile infants ages 0 to 60 days old. They were created by a multidisciplinary team of content experts (including primary care, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, neonatology, infectious disease, nursing, and pharmacy) and process improvement professionals. Our team integrated current literature, national guidelines and local expert opinion into the pathways.

The pathways use the best available evidence to offer a standardized approach to caring for newborns with fever.

Highlights include:

• Added revisions to align with the current American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guideline for febrile infants
• Stratification of patients into three age-based risk categories (0 to 21 days, 22 to 28 days and 29 to 60 days)
• Prompts to promote shared decision-making between providers and caregivers
• Suggested evaluation for febrile infants ages 0 to 60 days presenting with bronchiolitis
• Suggested evaluation for ill-appearing infants ages 0 to 60 days

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