Fever - Revision history

Aidan at 01:10, 12 August 2020

2020-08-12T01:10:12Z

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			== Background ==

			=== Definition ===

			* Fever is a core body temperature ≥38ºC that occurs as a part of a febrile response (compared to [[hyperthermia]] which may be from any cause)

			== Differential Diagnosis ==
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	! Diagnosis		!Diagnosis
	! Clinical Clues		!Clinical Clues
	\|-		\|-
	\| Infection		\|Infection
	\| Leukocytosis, sepsis, increasing oxygen requirements, altered mentation		\|Leukocytosis, sepsis, increasing oxygen requirements, altered mentation
	\|-		\|-
	\| Venous thromboemoblism		\|Venous thromboemoblism
	\| Swollen, tender arm or leg, increasing oxygen requirements		\|Swollen, tender arm or leg, increasing oxygen requirements
	\|-		\|-
	\| Drug-related		\|Drug-related
	\| No improvement on antibiotics, compatible medication exposure		\|No improvement on antibiotics, compatible medication exposure
	\|-		\|-
	\| Post-surgical		\|Post-surgical
	\| Recent surgery, rule out surgical site infection		\|Recent surgery, rule out surgical site infection
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity]]		\|[[Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity]]
	\| Tachycardia, tachypnea, dystonic posturing, episodic, associated with stimulation, traumatic brain injury		\|Tachycardia, tachypnea, dystonic posturing, episodic, associated with stimulation, traumatic brain injury
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Neurogenic fever]]		\|[[Neurogenic fever]]
	\| No other cause identified, hypothalamic injury, subarachnoid or intraventricular hemorrhage, recurrent, no improvement with treatment		\|No other cause identified, hypothalamic injury, subarachnoid or intraventricular hemorrhage, recurrent, no improvement with treatment
	\|}		\|}

Aidan at 14:06, 20 June 2020

2020-06-20T14:06:46Z

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	\| Recent surgery, rule out surgical site infection		\| Recent surgery, rule out surgical site infection
	\|-		\|-
	\| Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity		\| [[Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity]]
	\| Tachycardia, dystonic posturing, episodic, associated with stimulation		\| Tachycardia, tachypnea, dystonic posturing, episodic, associated with stimulation, traumatic brain injury
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Neurogenic fever]]		\| [[Neurogenic fever]]

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2020-06-20T14:05:17Z

Created page with "{| class="wikitable" ! Diagnosis ! Clinical Clues |- | Infection | Leukocytosis, sepsis, increasing oxygen requirements, altered mentation |- | Venous thromboemoblism | Swolle..."

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{| class="wikitable"
! Diagnosis
! Clinical Clues
|-
| Infection
| Leukocytosis, sepsis, increasing oxygen requirements, altered mentation
|-
| Venous thromboemoblism
| Swollen, tender arm or leg, increasing oxygen requirements
|-
| Drug-related
| No improvement on antibiotics, compatible medication exposure
|-
| Post-surgical
| Recent surgery, rule out surgical site infection
|-
| Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity
| Tachycardia, dystonic posturing, episodic, associated with stimulation
|-
| [[Neurogenic fever]]
| No other cause identified, hypothalamic injury, subarachnoid or intraventricular hemorrhage, recurrent, no improvement with treatment
|}

[[Category:Fever syndromes]]