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Oct 3, 2016 · From the reported findings discussed in this review, treating pyrexia appears to be beneficial in septic shock, out of hospital cardiac arrest and acute brain injury. Multiple therapeutic options are available for managing pyrexia, with precise targeted temperature management now possible.
- James F. Doyle, Frédérique Schortgen
- 2016
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.
Jul 12, 2022 · Fever, or pyrexia, can be defined as having a temperature above the normal range owing to an increase in the body’s core temperature setpoint. 1 2 The thermoregulatory centre, located in the hypothalamus, contains temperature sensitive neurons, aiming to maintain thermal homoeostasis.
SUMMARY POINTS. Classic adult pyrexia of unknown origin is fever of 38.3°C or greater for at least 3 weeks with no identified cause after three days of hospital evaluation or three outpatient visits Common causes are infections, neoplasms, and connective tissue disorders.
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Fever, or pyrexia, can be defined as having a temperature above the normal range owing to an increase in the body’s core temperature setpoint.1 2The thermoregulatory centre, located in the hypothalamus, contains temperature sensitive neurons, aiming to maintain thermal homoeostasis.
Oct 1, 2000 · Abstract. It has been suggested that the response to antipyretic therapy might differentiate between fevers due to serious illness and fevers caused by less severe disorders; that neoplastic fevers are more responsive to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs than are infectious fevers; that the metabolic costs of fever can exceeds its clinical benefits; that antipyretic therapy can prevent or ...
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 ...
