RT Book, Section
A1 Grandey, Krista A.
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101224926
T1 Fever
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101224926
RD 2024/04/23
AB Fever  is  a  symptom,  not  a  disease.Fever  should  not  be  confused  with  hyperthermia.  Temperatures  higher  than  41°C  (105.8°F)  are  almost  always  due  to  hyperthermia  and  not  fever.Be  thoughtful  in  your  evaluation  of  fever  to  avoid  misdiagnosing  a  serious  bacterial  illness  as  “just  another  viral  syndrome.”Provide  empiric  antibiotics  early  for  moderate  to  severely  ill  patients  with  a  possible  infectious  etiology.  Give  directed  antibiotic  treatment  in  the  emergency  department  to  patients  with  serious  focal  bacterial  infections.