Chapter 24 - In the heat of the moment - Neonatal fever

Neonatal fever can raise the temperature of the entire clinical pod along with the baby, but it doesnt have to. Join as Dr. Meghan Cain, chair of the division of pediatric and adolescent emergency medicine at Mayo Clinic, talks through the nuances of evaluating fever concerns in neonates of different ages and risk profiles and empowers you to be cool as a cucumber in these situations. CONTACTS X - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda YouTube - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda Instagram – @AlwaysOnEM; @Venk_like_vancomycin; @ASFinch Email - [email protected] REFERENCES & LINKS Pantell RH, Roberts KB, Adams WG, Dreyer BP, Kuppermann N, O’Leary ST, Okechukwu K, Woods Jr CR. Evaluation and management of well-appearing febrile infants 8 to 60 days old. Pediatrics. 2021 Aug;148(2):e2021052228 Powell EC, Mahajan PV, Roosevelt G, Hoyle Jr JD, Gattu R, Cruz AT, Rogers AJ, Atabaki S, Jaffe DM, Casper TC, Ramilo O, Kuppermann N. Epidemiology of bacteremia in febrile infants aged 60 days and younger. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Feb;71(2):211-216 Mahajan P, Browne LR, Levine DA, Cohen DM, Gattu R, Linaki JG, Anders J, Borgialli D, Vitale M, Dayan PS, Casper TC, Ramilo O, Kuppermann N. Risk of bacterial coinfections in febrile infants 60 days and younger with documented viral infections. J Pediatr. 2018 Dec:203:86-91.e2