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Evaluation of Fever Incidences for Children Carried to Emergency Services with Fever Complaint

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Karabük Üniversitesi Sağlık Yüksekokulu Hemşirelik Bölümü, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, Karabük

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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi. Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü, Zonguldak

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Doç. Dr. Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü, Zonguldak

Arch Health Sci Res 2015; 2: 285-296
DOI: 10.17681/hsp.79575
Keywords : Child, fever, parents
Read: 2991 Downloads: 939 Published: 18 December 2019

Aim: This research is definitively carried for the purpose of evaluation of children brought to the emergency service with fever complaint. Material and Methods: This research is a definitely cross-sectional research carried between 1st February-1 st May 2014 in Maternity and Children’s Hospital Emergency Service. The universe of research consists of 112 children and their parents who accepted to join the research between these dates. A survey form containing 17 questions has been used, and the data was collected by face-to-face interview. Results: Of all the students, 54.5% is male, and 52.7% is between 0-3 years old. 76.8% of mothers gives antipyretic medicines without medical advice whereas 54.5% takes off their clothes. Of all the children carried to the emergency service, 47.3% has respiratory tract infection, 18.7% is defined as undefined fever. Of all the fever measurement method, 58.9% is measured by forehead, 52.7% is between 37.1 and 38.0. Antipyretic medication by emergency medical personnel is the first with 74.1% in the medical intervention and care applied to the children. The warm application in emergency service and the fever measuring part of body were compared with fever value during entering the emergency service, and a statistical difference has been estimated (p<0.05). Conclusion: Although the fever values of children carried to the emergency services were not too high, the antipyretic medicines are widely used by both the mothers in houses and the health professions in emergency services.

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