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Diagnostic approach to the fever of unknown origin in children - Emphasis on the infectious diseases -
Eun Hwa Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2007;50(2):127-131.   Published online February 15, 2007
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) has been a convenient term used to classify patients who warrant a particular systemic approach to diagnostic evaluation and management. The greatest clinical concern in evaluating FUO is identifying patients whose fever has a serious or life-threatening cause when a delay in diagnosis could jeopardize successful intervention. Thorough history and complete physical examination are critical...
Original Article
Prolonged Fever in Korean Children: Review of 120 Cases.
Ho Seong Kim, Dong Goo Lee, Dong Soo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(11):1516-1525.   Published online November 30, 1990
The authors reviewed the 120 patients with prolonged fever whose temperature was over 38.5°C and of undetermined etiology, who were admitted in Y야isei Medical Center from March 1982 to March 1989. The results were as follows; 1) The children admitted with prolonged fever were 0.3% of total in-patients at the same time. 2) 20 cases were less than 1 year of age on admission and 39...
Prolonged Fever in Infants and Children.
Jeh Hoon Shin, Jin Woo Han, Sang Yoon Lee, Woo Gill Lee, Soo Jee Moon, Chong Moo Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1983;26(5):449-454.   Published online May 31, 1983
Although fever is one of the most common symptoms seen in the pediatric field, we often have met problems in diagnosis and treatment because the etiology is sometimes obscure. We clinically reviewed one hundred patients admitted to Hanyang University Hospital from Sept. 1978 to Dec. 1981 with the chief problem of fever over 38.5°C for longer than two weeks. Final diagnosis of patients...