Family doctors, pediatricians and other professionals who deal with children are regularly consulted because of febrile children. During the past few years remarkable advances on this subject of fever have been made. Among others, this book covers: - Different types of fever with possible complications, - Hyperthermia and their management, - Management of fever with guidelines on antipyretics and their side effects, - Complimentary medicine and fever, - Differential diagnosis of fever, with problem-setting and solving as a case presentation. This reader-friendly reference on the disorders of body temperature in children covers the entire spectrum of subjects related to fever. It gives an overview of the best treatment options in order to achieve the best results.
1;Preface;5 2;Acknowledgements;7 3;Introduction;8 4;Contents;10 5;Contributors;18 6;Fever;20 7;Hyperthermia;44 8;Pathogenesis of Fever;66 9;Measurement of Body Temperature;81 10;Fever in Common Infectious Diseases;98 11;Fever in Non-infectious Diseases;153 12;Febrile Seizures;190 13;Hypothermia;208 14;Is Fever Beneficial?;226 15;Management of Fever (Antipyretics);238 16;Fever and Complimentary Medicine;266 17;Differential Diagnosis (DD) of Febrile Diseases;274 18;History of Fever;301 19;Glossary of the Term Fever;313 20;Index;323
El-Radhi, A. Sahib
Caroll, James
Klein, Nigel
| ISBN | 9783540785989 |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 9783540785989 |
| Medientyp | E-Book - PDF |
| Auflage | 2. Aufl. |
| Copyrightjahr | 2009 |
| Verlag | Springer-Verlag |
| Umfang | 318 Seiten |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Kopierschutz | Digitales Wasserzeichen |
