Abstract: Key Points Fever is a homeostatic response under thermoregulation.Hyperthermia, by contrast, is an increase in body temperature from conditions that overwhelm thermoregulation.By consensus, fever is defined as a rectal temperature ≥38°C (100.4°F).The treatment of fever itself is less important than the identification of its cause.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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