Fever: Basic Mechanisms and Management - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0397517157 ISBN 13: 9780397517152

Verlag: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1996

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SYNOPSIS THE BOOK CONTAINS BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOKNEWS THE SUBJECT IS COVERED FROM CONCEPTS OF THERMOREGULATION, PATHOGENESIS, ADAPTIVE VALUE, AND IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS TO FEVER IN VARIOUS CLINICAL CONDITIONS, SUCH AS AGE, THE POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT AND THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST. FEVER PATTERNS IN DIAGNOSIS, FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, AND SPECIAL SITUATIONS IN WHICH CHANGES IN BODY TEMPERATURE OCCUR THAT DO NOT INVOLVE NORMAL MECHANISMS OF PATHOGENESIS ARE ALSO CONSIDERED. THE EDITOR HAS CONTRIBUTED TWO CHAPTERS SUMMARIZING BOTH OLDER AND NEW WORK DEALING WITH THE IN VITRO EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON MICROORGANISMS AND WITH PHARMOKINETICS IN FEVER. ANNOTATION C. BOOK NEWS, INC., PORTLAND, OR

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Revised and updated, this edition serves as a reference on the basic mechanisms, physiological consequences, clinical characteristics and management of fever. The book provides analysis of thermoregulation, endogenous and exogenous pyrogens, the role of prostaglandins in fever, the immunological consequences of fever, the cardiovascular alterations that occur during fever, the role of fever in host defense against pathogenic micro-organisms, and the significance of fever pattern in clinical diagnosis. Leading authorities offer guidance on diagnosis and treatment of fever of unknown origin, postoperative fever, drug-induced fever and fever in infants, children, the elderly and the immunosuppressed patient. The pharmacology and clinical use of antipyretics and the influence of fever on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are also discussed in detail. This second edition is more clinically focused, and features ten more chpaters. Two new categories are included, clinical thermometers and normal temperature, to add greater dimension to the text.

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• Verlag: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0397517157
• ISBN 13: 9780397517152
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 528
• Herausgeber: Mackowiak Philip A.