Approach to fever by age and immune status — viva

Opening (must-hit)

"I clear the threat gate first — any toxic or shocked febrile child gets ABCDE and a sepsis pathway. If the child is well-appearing, I stratify by age band, using Step-by-Step or the PECARN rule for young infants, and I check immune status explicitly because any immunocompromised child is an emergency regardless of how well they look." ^{[1] [2] [5]}