TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Fever A1 - Grandey, Krista A. A2 - Sherman, Scott C. A2 - Weber, Joseph M. A2 - Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 - Rahul G., Patwari PY - 2014 T2 - Clinical Emergency Medicine 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101224926 ER -