Infectious Disease
FeverPAIN Score
Predicts likelihood of streptococcal pharyngitis and guides antibiotics.
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Parameters
FeverPAIN Score Result
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Formula
Fever (+1), Purulence (+1), Attend rapidly (+1), Severely Inflamed (+1), No cough/coryza (+1).Clinical Pearls
Provides a modern alternative to the Centor/McIsaac scores, explicitly capturing severity of inflammation and symptom duration.
Limitations
Validation primarily performed in UK primary care settings. May be less predictive in populations with high background rates of Strep carriage.