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Feverish illness in children (CG47) |
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Feverish illness in children - Assessment and initial management in children younger than 5 years
This advice in this guideline covers the care and treatment of children aged under 5 years with fever in the NHS in England and Wales.
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Other information
- CG47 Feverish illness in children: evidence tables
- CG47 Feverish illness in children: evidence tables (MS Word format)
- CG47 Feverish illness in children: search strategies
- CG47 Feverish illness in children: search strategies (MS Word format)
- CG47 Feverish illness in children: NICE guideline (web format)
How this guidance was produced
Background information
- None found
This page was last updated: 03 February 2012
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Guideline formats
- Web format
- Quick reference guide (PDF)
- NICE Guideline (PDF)
- Full Guideline (PDF)
- Patient version (MS Word)
- CG47 Twymyn mewn plant o dan 5 mlwydd oed: deall canllawiau NICE (fformat MS Word)
Guideline review
Review decision date: January 2011
Review decision:
Following the recent review recommendation, an update of this guideline is currently in the process of being scheduled into the work programme. Details of any update will be available on the guidelines in development webpage.
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Implementation tools and resources
- Audit support
- Costing report
- Implementation advice
- Slide set
- Feverish illness in children: discharge advice sheet
- Feverish illness in children: online educational tool - a guide for paediatric practitioners
- Feverish illness in children: online educational tool
- Spotting the sick child online learning resource (DH)
See this guidance in practice
Patient
The summary of the key recommendations in the guidance written for patients, carers and those with little medical knowledge and may be used in local patient information leaflets.
Quick Reference Guide
The quick reference guide presents recommendations for health professionals
NICE Guideline
The published NICE clinical guideline, contains the recommendations for health professionals and NHS bodies.
Full Guideline
The published full clinical guideline for specialists with background, evidence, recommendations and methods used.

