RT Book, Section
A1 Shah, Samir S.
A1 Alpern, Elizabeth R.
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146118120
T1 Fever
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146118120
RD 2024/04/18
AB Fever,  a  pyrogen-mediated  increase  in  body  temperature,  may  have  a  multitude  of  disparate  causes,  including  infection,  inflammation,  or  malignancy.  Therefore  the  most  important  goal  when  confronted  with  a  febrile  patient  is  to  determine  the  underlying  cause.  Owing  to  a  differential  risk  of  disease,  the  cutoff  point  of  abnormal  temperature  is  determined  by  the  age  of  the  child  and  the  presence  of  any  underlying  immunodeficiencies.  Although  there  is  some  overlap,  in  this  chapter  the  discussion  of  fever  is  divided  into  two  age  groups:  (1)  neonates  and  young  infants  and  (2)  older  infants  and  toddlers.