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- Fever, or pyrexia, is the elevation of an individual's core body temperature above a 'set-point' regulated by the body's thermoregulatory center in the hypothalamus.
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Sep 4, 2023 · Fever, or pyrexia, is the elevation of an individual's core body temperature above a 'set-point' regulated by the body's thermoregulatory center in the hypothalamus. This increase in the body's 'set-point' temperature is often due to a physiological process brought about by infectious causes or non-infectious causes such as inflammation ...
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Oct 15, 2010 · Pyrexia of unknown origin has a wide differential diagnosis. The most frequently encountered underlying causes of the pyrexia are listed in box 2. Broadly speaking, the three most common causes are infection, neoplasia, and connective tissue disease.
- George M Varghese, Paul Trowbridge, Tom Doherty
- 2010
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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Sep 1, 2016 · In order to improve culturing practices, and better guide the diagnostic approach to critically ill patients with pyrexia, additional research is required to provide more robust estimates of the incidence of infectious and noninfectious aetiologies, and their relationship to other clinical features. Expand. View on Springer.
Nov 1, 2021 · Pyrexia or fever of unknown origin is defined as prolonged fever in an immunocompetent patient that has an unknown cause despite standard investigations. Infections, non-infectious inflammatory diseases, malignancy and other diseases can all cause pyrexia of unknown origin.
