BookA. Sahib El-Radhi.
Summary: The book covers all the different types of fever and its possible complications discussed the management of fever with guidelines on antipyretics and their side effects and differential diagnosis of fever, with problem-setting and solving as a case presentation. The second edition of this well-received book has been fully updated to include exciting new information of the pathogenesis of fever, including functions of interleukin and all the latest guidelines from NICE and Cochrane Library, as well as all the most up-to-date information and guidelines on febrile seizures.
Contents:
Fever: definitions, pattern
Hyperthermia, classification, definitions
Pathogenesis
Temperature Measurement
Fever in Common Infectious Diseases
Fever in non-Infectious Diseases
Febrile Seizures
Hypothermia
Is Fever Beneficial?
Management of Fever
Fever and Complementary Medicine
Differential Diagnosis of Febrile Diseases
History of fever
Glossary of the Term Fever.