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Fever in children

Adam Davies1

  • 1Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Cheshire.

Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|September 4, 2014
PubMed

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Fever is an elevated body temperature, typically above 38°C, indicating a systemic inflammatory response. This immune system reaction is often triggered by infection.

Area of Science:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology
  • Physiology

Background:

  • Fever, or elevated body temperature, is a common physiological response.
  • It signifies a deviation from normal daily temperature variations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define fever and its diagnostic thresholds.
  • To explain the underlying physiological mechanism of fever.

Main Methods:

  • Clinical temperature measurements using rectal, tympanic, oral, and axillary methods.
  • Observation of systemic inflammatory responses.

Main Results:

  • Specific temperature thresholds for fever diagnosis: ≥38°C (rectal/tympanic), ≥37.5°C (oral), ≥37.2°C (axillary).
  • Fever is identified as a component of the immune system's inflammatory response.

Conclusions:

  • Fever is a critical indicator of infection and systemic inflammation.
  • Accurate temperature measurement is essential for fever diagnosis and patient management.

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