Assignment task:
The parents of a 2-year-old with a fever associated with a viral URI calls your office for advice regarding their child's fever management at home. What guidance should you give them regarding when the child would need to be evaluated? Select all that apply. Group of answer choices The child continues to have fever and now has not had a wet diaper in 12 hours The fever persists for longer than 5 days The child is consolable but has a temperature of 103F The child is lethargic and difficult to arouseWhich of the following is true regarding fever? Group of answer choices a fever in a well appearing newborn (<28 days old) can be managed as an outpatient different routes of measurement (oral, rectal, axillary, tympanic) are equally accurate in temperature measurement fever is an abnormal physiologic response and should be treated promptly it is generally defined as a temperature >100.4 degrees F (38.0 degrees C)