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- Title
Fever phobia revisited: have parental misconceptions about fever changed in 20 years?
- Authors
Crocetti, M; Moghbeli, N; Serwint, J
- Abstract
Fever is one of the most common reasons that parents seek medical attention for their children. Parental concerns arise in part because of the belief that fever is a disease rather than a symptom or sign of illness. Twenty years ago, Barton Schmitt, MD, found that parents had numerous misconceptions about fever. These unrealistic concerns were termed "fever phobia." More recent concerns for occult bacteremia in febrile children have led to more aggressive laboratory testing and treatment. Our objectives for this study were to explore current parental attitudes toward fever, to compare these attitudes with those described by Schmitt in 1980, and to determine whether recent, more aggressive laboratory testing and presumptive treatment for occult bacteremia is associated with increased parental concern regarding fever.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2001, Vol 107, Issue 6, p1241
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.107.6.1241