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April 12, 2026Pediatric Emergency Care0 citations

Use of the Theoretical Domains Framework to Investigate Factors Influencing Pediatric Fever Management Practices and Antipyretic Use in Australian Emergency Departments

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AMAnastasia MuticRTRui Zhi TanETEunicia Tan

Key Points

  • This research aims to understand the factors influencing pediatric fever management and antipyretic use among clinicians in emergency departments.
  • Surveyed emergency department clinicians in Australia
  • Evaluated knowledge and training related to fever management
  • Assessed clinician agreement with practice recommendations
  • Clinicians showed moderate knowledge and training on antipyretic use
  • Over half felt pressure from parents to deviate from guidelines
  • Emotional factors significantly influence approaches to fever management

Abstract

Overall, ED clinicians showed moderate knowledge, training, and agreement with clinical practice recommendations on antipyretic administration for paediatric fever. Notably, more than half of the respondents surveyed felt pressured by parents/caregivers to use antipyretics outside of guideline recommendations. Our findings highlight the significant emotion attached to fever management and the need for clinicians to foster trust and provide tailored evidence-based information to families.

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Mutic et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69db37f94fe01fead37c6133https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0000000000003601
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