Pédiatrie [Current progress in pediatrics: obesity and diagnosis approach to the febrile child]

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
Pédiatrie [Current progress in pediatrics: obesity and diagnosis approach to the febrile child]
Journal
Revue medicale suisse
Author(s)
Fanconi S.
ISSN
1660-9379 (Print)
ISSN-L
1660-9379
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/01/2006
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
2
Number
48
Pages
147-154
Language
french
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Publication types: English Abstract ; Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The literature shows that obesity is a public health problem concerning especially the general paediatrician. While prevention has probably more chances of success than treatment, drugs or, in case of failure, the surgical approach are reserved for extreme cases. In the domain of infectiology the different laboratory tests allow only partially to diagnose severe infections. But in the context of a potential influenza pandemic rapid virologic tests become more and more important. They allow a more precise diagnosis and a reduction of hospitalisations and of antibiotic prescriptions. A review of the north American experience with the pneumococal vaccine shows that the heptavalent vaccine will change our approach in infants with fever in whom we suspect a severe infection.
Keywords
Bacterial Infections/diagnosis, Child, Fever/microbiology, Fever/virology, Humans, Influenza, Human/diagnosis, Obesity/prevention & control, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/diagnosis
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