Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Infants

The management of febrile infants in the first few months of life continues to be extensively investigated and passionately debated. There has been reluctance by academic institutions to abandon support for longstanding models of care that recommend extensive diagnostic testing and hospitalizations. The iatrogenic consequences of this approach were documented in a classic article by DeAngelis and colleagues [1] 35 years ago, followed by an...