Medecine et Hygiene
Volume 61, Issue 2437, 2003, Pages 1022-1026

www.fevertravel.ch: A website for the evaluation of fever in returning travelers and migrants (practice guidelines) [www.fevertravel.ch: Site internet de recommandations pour la pratique clinique concernant l'evaluation de la fièvre chez les voyageurs et migrants] (Review)

D'Acremont V.* , Ambresin A.-E. , Pittet V. , Burnand B. , Genton B.
  • a Ctr. Vaccinations/Med. des Voyages, Policlinique Medicale Universitaire, Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • b Ctr. Vaccinations/Med. des Voyages, Policlinique Medicale Universitaire, Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • c Centre d'Epidemiologie Clinique, Inst. Univ. de Med. Social. et Prev., Rue du Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • d Centre d'Epidemiologie Clinique, Inst. Univ. de Med. Social. et Prev., Rue du Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • e Ctr. Vaccinations/Med. des Voyages, Policlinique Medicale Universitaire, Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

Primary care physicians often need decision aids when dealing with febrile patients coming back from the tropics. Following a systematic review of the literature, we developed practice guidelines for the evaluation of these patients. We constructed a decision chart including the differential diagnosis, the specific laboratory exams to perform and the treatment (presumptive or after documentation) to administer. The level of evidence, the degree of recommendation and the corresponding literature are always detailed. A specific website www.fevertravel.ch has been created in order to widely disseminate these guidelines and insure their availability anytime anywhere.

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Index Keywords

tropics medical literature Malaria differential diagnosis geographic distribution Review primary medical care Internet decision making medical practice body temperature practice guideline laboratory test human fever migration serology travel
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ISSN: 00256749
Original Language: French