PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 5 May 1983, pp. 866-867
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Flaws in Study of Management of Children with Febrile Illness

JOURNAL CLUB 1

1 North Memorial Medical Center, Family Practice Residency, Minneapolis, MN 55411

To the Editor.—

Our residency's journal club recently reviewed your October issue and the article on management of febrile illness.1 We found it to be misleading and inconclusive for the following reasons.

First, the study presented itself as a comparison of the management of fever in children by pediatricians and "general practitioners." Based on introductory statements the term "general practitioner" implies family physician, but this is not clearly stated. As the article progresses, we find the data collected are based on experience in emergency rooms at a children's hospital v a "general" hospital, each staffed by residents or interns.