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The pathophysiological basis and consequences of fever

There are numerous causes of a raised core temperature. A fever occurring in sepsis may be associated with a survival benefit. However, this is not the case for non-infective triggers. Where heat generation exceeds heat loss and the core temperature rises above that set by the hypothalamus, a combin...

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Autores principales: Walter, Edward James, Hanna-Jumma, Sameer, Carraretto, Mike, Forni, Lui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27411542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1375-5