I totally agree with the second reply to my post. But please understand, I am NOT speaking of otherwise compromised patients. I am speaking of the normal, healthy child who is running a fever for...
CEG, I agree with you -- temps taken rectally are simply not safe. Further, it was Dr. Mendelsohn, now deceased, but when living, a Board Certified Pediatrician who stated to 'throw the thermometer...
...any comments on the above questions I have posed? While I understand, to a degree, the initial response to my first post, I would be keenly interested in hearing responses from others in the...
Thanking you for your prompt, thoughtful reply! In part, you stated: "For the average crowd, the newer thinking is that the fever is there for a reason and bringing it down too far too fast may well...
While I understand the need to check a newborn's vitals and I certainly understand concern when a newborn is running a fever, but why all the hype over what 'number' you may find when doing an exam of...