2nd Topic ? Flashcards
Center of controlled body tempersture
2 neurons - preotic anterior and posterior
Hypothalamus
Mean oral tempersture age 18-40
36.8c
Low and high levels of oral temp time
Low 6am - max temp 37.2C
High 4+6pm - max temp 37.8 c
Rectal tempersture are generally ____ C higher than oral reading
0.4C
Women who mentrate, AM temp is lower 2 weeks before ovulation
For women, temp rises by ___ with ovulation and remains at that level until menses occur
0.6C
Defines when the temp is 41.5c or 106.7F
Commonly occur in patients with severe infectious, CNS hemorrhage
Hyperthermia
Does heat stroke respond to antipyretics?
No
Pathogens of fever
Pyrogens
Elevation of the hypothalamic set point by cytokines
Inhibition of cyclooxygenase which decepreases the synthesis of prostaglandins
Antipyretic agents
Aspirin, acetwminophen, nsaid, cox3, glucocorticoids
Refer to sny febrile illness without an initially obvious etiology
Fever of unknown origin
> 38C
Illness dyration of 3 weeks or more
Diagnosis remain uncertain
Fever
Etiology of fever
Infection
Fungal
Parasitic
Viral
Fever artificially indecued byvthe patient
Factitious fever
Patient is nonmothermic but manipulated the termometer
Fraudulent fever
Increase body temp elevation associated with moderate or strenous exercise lasting for an hour or several hours without an increase CRP or ESR
Excercise indecued fever
