Childhood fever revisited

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-43

  Ng, D K K ^a   Lam, J C Y ^a   Chow, K W ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Child; Fever diagnosis; Thermography instrumentation; Thermometers

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYTOKINE; ENDOGENOUS PYROGEN; IBUPROFEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PARACETAMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BODY REGIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; FEVER; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; FEVER; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0036175590     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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