Is fever after infection part of the illness or the cure?

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 20-25

  Gardner, Jon ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipyretics; Fever; Sepsis; Systemic temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW;

AGED; ANTIPYRETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 84861792265     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2012.03.19.10.20.c8992     Document Type: Article

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