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Record Nr.

UNINA9910309858403321

Titolo

Clinical Manual of Fever in Children [[electronic resource] /] / edited by A. Sahib El-Radhi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-92336-6

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 pages)

Disciplina

616.047

Soggetti

Pediatrics

Primary care (Medicine)

General practice (Medicine)

Nursing

Internal medicine

Primary Care Medicine

General Practice / Family Medicine

Internal Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Fever: definitions, pattern -- Hyperthermia, classification, definitions -- Pathogenesis -- Temperature Measurement -- Fever in Common Infectious Diseases -- Fever in non-Infectious Diseases -- Febrile Seizures -- Hypothermia -- Is Fever Beneficial? -- Management of Fever -- Fever and Complementary Medicine -- Differential Diagnosis of Febrile Diseases -- History of fever -- Glossary of the Term Fever.

Sommario/riassunto

The book covers all the different types of fever and its possible complications discussed the management of fever with guidelines on antipyretics and their side effects and differential diagnosis of fever, with problem-setting and solving as a case presentation. The second edition of this well-received book has been fully updated to include exciting new information of the pathogenesis of fever, including functions of interleukin and all the latest guidelines from NICE and Cochrane Library, as well as all the most up-to-date information and guidelines on febrile seizures. This reader-friendly reference on the



disorders of body temperature in children covers the entire spectrum of subjects related to fever. It gives an overview of the best treatment options in order to achieve the best results. Containing a core message at the start of each chapter and with and a reader-friendly format this is an indispensable guide for paediatr icians, family doctors and other professionals who are regularly consulted because of febrile children. .