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Pediatric Fever in the Emergency Department: Triage to Caregiver Education

Mary Jean Ohns

    Journal of Emergency Nursing
    |January 12, 2025
    PubMed

    Insights

    Fever is the top reason children visit the emergency department. Healthcare teams must provide consistent, evidence-based advice focusing on comfort, not just normal temperature, for pediatric fever management.

    Area of Science:

    • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
    • Clinical Pediatrics
    • Fever Pathophysiology

    Background:

    • Fever is the leading cause for emergency department visits in children aged 15 and younger.
    • Effective management requires a unified approach from all healthcare providers.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To emphasize the importance of consistent messaging in pediatric fever management.
    • To highlight the need for healthcare providers to understand fever's physiology and evidence-based treatment.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of current understanding of fever physiology in children.
    • Analysis of evidence-based treatment strategies for pediatric fever.
    • Emphasis on nursing roles in triage and management.

    Main Results:

    • Consistent communication from healthcare teams is crucial for effective pediatric fever management.
    • Understanding fever's benefits and patterns is essential for appropriate care.
    • Evidence-based treatment should prioritize patient comfort over achieving normothermia.

    Conclusions:

    • Healthcare providers must possess a strong knowledge base regarding fever physiology and evidence-based treatments.
    • Nurses play a vital role in assessing children with fever, considering individual factors for triage and management.
    • A unified, comfort-focused approach improves care for febrile children.

    Keywords:
    Evidence-basedFeverPediatricsTriage

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