Fever as a frequent symptome
Authors:
H. Matějovská Kubešová
Published in:
Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2015, 4, č. 4: 169-172
Category:
Review Article
Overview
The review explains pathophysiological consequences of fever, the importance of fever for human body and the influence of fever on organ systems. Possible aetiology of fever is analysed – infections, tumours and systemic diseases as more frequent causes and fever as an unwanted side effect of medications or fever of unknown origin as a rare situations. The algorithm of fever diagnostics is described at the end of the article.
Keywords:
fever – etiology of fever – fever of unknown origin – infection – systemic disease – tumour
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