Lecture 17: Boy with Fever ILA Flashcards
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What is fever
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A state of elevated core temperature often associated with a response to infection
2
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Normal human body temperature
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A range 35.6-38.2
Mean 36.7 men and 36.9 women
3
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IL-6 and hypothalamus
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Interacts here to give fever like
4
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Higher and lower fevers
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Do not offer any prognostic information, presence of fever important, not so uch intensity
