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Feasibility of guideline implementation for children with fever: learning from a Dutch snapshot study
  1. Natanja Oosterom1,
  2. Laila van der Heijden2,
  3. Jolita Bekhof3,
  4. Rianne Oostenbrink4
  5. SPIN, the General Paediatrics Research Network of the Dutch Association for Paediatrics.
  1. 1Wilhelmina Children's Hospital University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of Paediatrics, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
  3. 3Department of Paediatrics, Isala, Zwolle, The Netherlands
  4. 4General Paediatrics, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  5. 5Dutch Association for Pediatrics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Dr Laila van der Heijden; la.v.d.heijden{at}jbz.nl

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327344

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    Management of pediatric pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) varies throughout Dutch hospitals. To facilitate implementation of the current Dutch PUO guideline, we aimed to determine clinical practice variation and barriers to implementation.1

    Considering limited healthcare resources and high workload for healthcare practitioners, we decided to conduct a snapshot study.2 3 A snapshot study is a cross-sectional study performed in a very short period of time, providing rapid insight into current clinical practice.

    This study was performed within the ‘SPIN’ network (Dutch Society for Paediatrics’ (NVK) research network for general paediatrics). SPIN aims to improve collaboration within general paediatrics by evaluating clinical care, practice variation and national healthcare evaluations, acting in coordination with the NVK’s guideline committee. In this first ‘SPIN’ snapshot study, we performed an online survey among paediatricians …

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    • Collaborators On behalf of SPIN, the General Paediatrics Research Network of the Dutch Association for Paediatrics.

    • Contributors All authors together conceptualised the study. NO, LvdH and RO designed the study. NO and LvdH carried out the acquisition and analysis of data. All authors contributed to data interpretation. NO, LvdH and RO were involved in the preparation of the manuscript. All authors revised the work critically and approved the final version. NO and LvdH are responsible for the overall content as guarantor.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.