PEDIATRICS Vol. 97 No. 4 April 1996, pp. 604-605
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Practice and Guidelines

John T. Benjamin MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3758

As a former practicing pediatrician turned academic, I found the article entitled "The Management of Febrile Infants by Primary-Care Pediatricians in Utah: Comparison with Published Practice Guidelines"1 interesting if not disturbing. Three case scenarios were sent to 194 pediatricians: a 3-week-old infant with fever, a 2-month-old infant with rales and bilateral otitis media, and a 20-month-old infant with fever. Ninety-four pediatricians responded and their workups and approaches to treatment compared to ‘practice guidelines" developed by Baraff et al.2