Diagnosaurus
Fever
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Common causes
- Infection
- Bacterial, viral, rickettsial, fungal, parasitic
- CNS, sinuses, dental, endocarditis, pneumonia, liver, biliary system, gastrointestinal, peritonitis, abdominal abscess, urinary tract infection, prostate, sexually transmitted disease, skin, soft tissues, bone, joints
- Autoimmune disease
- CNS disease including head trauma, mass lesion
- Malignancy, especially lymphoma, leukemia, renal cell carcinoma, primary or metastatic liver cancer
- Cardiovascular disease, eg, myocardial infarction, thrombophlebitis, pulmonary embolism
- Gastrointestinal disease, eg, inflammatory bowel disease, alcoholic hepatitis, granulomatous hepatitis
- Miscellaneous, eg, drug fever, sarcoidosis, familial Mediterranean fever, tissue injury, hematoma, factitious fever
- Heat stroke, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, malignant hyperthermia
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DDx
Common causes
- Infection
- Bacterial, viral, rickettsial, fungal, parasitic
- CNS, sinuses, dental, endocarditis, pneumonia, liver, biliary system, gastrointestinal, peritonitis, abdominal abscess, urinary tract infection, prostate, sexually transmitted disease, skin, soft tissues, bone, joints
- Autoimmune disease
- CNS disease including head trauma, mass lesion
- Malignancy, especially lymphoma, leukemia, renal cell carcinoma, primary or metastatic liver cancer
- Cardiovascular disease, eg, myocardial infarction, thrombophlebitis, pulmonary embolism
- Gastrointestinal disease, eg, inflammatory bowel disease, alcoholic hepatitis, granulomatous hepatitis
- Miscellaneous, eg, drug fever, sarcoidosis, familial Mediterranean fever, tissue injury, hematoma, factitious fever
- Heat stroke, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, malignant hyperthermia
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Fever." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. 5-Minute Clinical Consult, www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114161/all/Fever.
Zeiger RFR. Fever. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114161/all/Fever. Accessed March 25, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Fever. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114161/all/Fever
Zeiger RFR. Fever [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 25]. Available from: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114161/all/Fever.
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