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Fever in the nursing home resident
J M Lindsay1, W B Greenough, L B Zelesnick
1Johns Hopkins Geriatric Center.
Maryland Medical Journal (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
Body temperature is a convenient and objective indicator of the body's physiologic state. Typical and atypical febrile responses are discussed and their sources reviewed. Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of fever in nursing home patients are highlighted.