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This month's clinical practice guideline (CPG) review is on fever of uncertain source (FUS), also known as fever of unknown origin (FUO). A hospital-based committee for the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center developed this guideline to help practitioners evaluate and manage FUS in a logical manner and with a judicious use of antibiotics. This guideline should have a wide interest to practitioners due to the large number of children that annually present with fever.

Women throughout the world experience menopause, but it is often difficult to determine what it means and how it is perceived by women. A dilemma exists as to whether menopause should be medicalized or treated as a normal life event. The effects of this decision on the woman and the role of the advanced practice nurse in assisting the woman through this time of change are presented.

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