American College of Emergency Physicians
CARE (Current Anticipatory Guidance Recommendations and Education)
CARE (Current Anticipatory guidance Recommendations and Education) is a project of ACEP supported anticipatory guidelines for physicians to give patients to allow for better home care. These guidelines (PDFs) go beyond typical discharge paperwork to supply family with ways to care for their children at home and information that is provided in written form for easy reference.
Bronchiolitis/Bronquiolitis
Abscess/Absceso
Dermatitis/Sarpullido
Constipation/Constipación
Fever/Fiebres
Febrile Seizure / Convlusión Febril
Laceration/Laceración
Gastroenteritis/Gastroenteritis
URI/Infección Respiratoria Superior
Reflux/Reflujo
Publisher’s Notice
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Funding Acknowledgment
The development of these anticipatory guidelines and webpage was supported by a section grant of the American College of Emergency Physicians awarded to the ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Section.
