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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
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 ...
- 2023/09/04
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Feb 27, 2024 · Myalgia, or muscle pain, is a common complaint among adults presenting for medical care. In fact, nearly everyone will experience muscle soreness at some point in their life. Excessive exertion, trauma, and viral infections are among the most common causes. While many causes are benign and self-limited, myalgia may be the harbinger of disorders ...
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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The article aims to discuss common and relevant causes of pyrexia, their pathophysiology in anaesthetic perspective, and the subsequent anaesthetic management, though a detailed discourse on all the entities causing pyrexia is beyond the scope of this article. This article will also touch upon the thermoregulatory alterations during anaesthesia.
- Ragi Jain, Deepesh Saxena
- 10.4103/0019-5049.154996
- 2015
- Indian J Anaesth. 2015 Apr; 59(4): 207-211.
Sep 1, 2016 · In the meantime, using existing literature, we propose an approach to identifying the aetiology of pyrexia in critically ill adults. Elevation in core body temperature is one of the most frequently detected abnormal signs in patients admitted to adult ICUs, and is associated with increased mortality in select populations of critically ill patients.
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.
