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  2. Pyrexia is the medical term for fever, in which the human body temperature rises above the average normal (37 degrees Celsius or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Pyrexia is one of the most common symptoms of numerous medical conditions. Read on to know the causes, symptoms, and treatment of pyrexia.

  3. The meaning of PYREXIA is abnormal elevation of body temperature : fever.

  4. The definition of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) dates back to 1961; it was described as a persistent fever above 38.3°C (100°F) that evades diagnosis for at least 3 weeks, including 1 week of investigation in hospital. 1 This definition has evolved with faster and more accurate diagnostic techniques and changing models of care, and a week ...

    • Cristina Fernandez, Nicholas Beeching
    • 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-2-170
    • 2018
    • Clin Med (Lond). 2018 Apr; 18(2): 170-174.
  5. Oct 3, 2016 · Pyrexia (also named fever) is the altering upward of the thermoregulatory set point, often secondary to the systemic inflammatory response to a stimulus such as infection. The molecular basis is summarized in Fig. 1 [5, 6].

    • James F. Doyle, Frédérique Schortgen
    • 10.1186/s13054-016-1467-2
    • 2016
    • Crit Care. 2016; 20: 303.
  6. fe·ver. ( fē'vĕr) A complex physiologic response to disease mediated by pyrogenic cytokines and characterized by a significant rise in core temperature, generation of acute phase reactants, and activation of immunologic systems. Synonym (s): pyrexia. [A.S. fefer] Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012. pyrexia.

  7. Pyrexia: An update on importance in clinical practice. Pyrexic patients are usually attended with some scepticism by anaesthesiologists. Main reasons are the absence of comprehensible guidelines pertaining to anaesthesia in such patients and the presence of innumerable aetiologies of pyrexia. This article has tried to fill the existing void in ...

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