Chapter 017 Fever and Hyperthermia (Part 2) docx

... individuals exercising at elevated ambient Chapter 017. Fever and Hyperthermia (Part 2) Hyperthermia Although most patients with elevated body temperature have fever, there are circumstances in ... increased thermogenesis. It is important to distinguish between fever and hyperthermia since hyperthermia can be rapidly fatal and characteristically does not respo...

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... time; however, shivering is not Chapter 017. Fever and Hyperthermia (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 17. Fever and Hyperthermia Fever and Hyperthermia: Introduction Body ... also affect body temperature Fever versus Hyperthermia Fever Fever is an elevation of body temperature that exceeds the normal daily variation and occurs in...

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... required for fever production. Chapter 017. Fever and Hyperthermia (Part 3) Pathogenesis of Fever Pyrogens The term pyrogen is used to describe any substance that causes fever. Exogenous ... encoded by a separate gene, and each pyrogenic cytokine has been shown to cause fever in laboratory animals and in humans. When injected into humans, IL-1 and TNF produce...

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... Chapter 017. Fever and Hyperthermia (Part 4) Chronology of events required for the induction of fever. AMP, adenosine 5'-monophosphate; ... prostaglandin E 2 ; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.There are four receptors for PGE 2 , and each signals the cell in different ways. Of the four receptors, the third (EP-3) is essential for fever: ... deleted in mice, no fever fo...

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... membrane, and this release is the rate-limiting step in the synthesis of PGE 2 . Therefore, inhibitors of cyclooxygenase are potent antipyretics. Chapter 017. Fever and Hyperthermia (Part 5) Fever ... typhoid fever and disseminated tuberculosis. Temperature-pulse dissociation (relative bradycardia) occurs in typhoid fever, brucellosis, leptospirosis, some drug-indu...

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... 9751057] Chapter 017. Fever and Hyperthermia (Part 6) Regimens for the Treatment of Fever The objectives in treating fever are first to reduce the elevated hypothalamic set point and second ... Reducing fever with antipyretics also reduces systemic symptoms of headache, myalgias, and arthralgias. Oral aspirin and NSAIDs effectively reduce fever but can adv...

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... Chapter 018. Fever and Rash (Part 2) Centrally Distributed Maculopapular Eruptions Centrally distributed rashes, ... received the killed measles vaccine between 1963 and 1967 in the United States and who were not subsequently protected with the live vaccine. Hand-foot -and- mouth disease (Chap. 184), most commonly ... spread diffusely and involve mucosal surfaces. Ste...

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... (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor) and GM-CSF (granulocyte- macrophage colony-stimulating factor) are critical to this process. Identifying cellular characteristics and specific cell-surface markers ... maturational stage. Figure 61-3 Neutrophil band with Döhle body. The neutrophil with a sausage-shaped nucleus in the center of the field is a band form. Döhle bodies are...

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