From: Parental and medical knowledge and management of fever in Italian pre-school children
Harmful effects of fever, reported by parents | n (%) |
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·Seizure | 319 (82.2)* |
·Brain damage | 30 (7.7) |
·Death | 15 (3.8) |
·Dehydration | 174 (44.8) |
·Really sick | 21 (5.4) |
·Coma | 10 (2.5) |
·Delirium | 87 (22.4) |
·Blindness | 3 (0.7) |
·Other | 19 (4.9) |
Belief that if left untreated fever can reach | |
·<40.6 °C | 172 (44.3) |
·40.7-43.2 °C | 204 (52.6) |
·> 43.3 °C | 12 (3.1) |
Time intervals of fever monitoring | |
·<16 minutes | 19 (4.9) |
·16-30 minutes | 33 (8.5) |
·31-60 minutes | 82 (21.1) |
·61-120 minutes | 130 (33.5) |
·>121 minutes | 124 (32.0) |
Declared source of information | |
·According to my paediatrician order | 264 (67.8)* |
·Reading the package leaflet of medicinal/advice line | 188 (48.3) |
·Consulting other persons | 1 (0.2) |
·According to information gathered by internet, TV, papers | 0 (0.0) |
·According to the dose that paediatricians had advised me previously | 46 (11.8) |