Fever guideline update

New evidence for predicting the risk of serious illness in children has prompted NICE to update its guidance on the assessment of children under 5 years with fever (temperature >37.5°). Most of the recommendations of the original guideline, published in 2007 €“ including the use of the traffic light system €“ remain. But new recommendations have been added to take account of new data about the relationship of heart rate to fever in predicting the risk of serious illness in children and the clinical and cost-effectiveness of therapy with paracetamol and ibuprofen in this setting. The guideline also includes a