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. 2014 Sep 9;29(1):61.
doi: 10.7748/ns.29.1.61.s51.

Fever in children

Adam Davies  1
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Fever in children

Adam Davies. Nurs Stand. .

Abstract

Fever is the raising of body temperature above the normal daily variation. In practice, this is -38°C (rectal or tympanic),37.5°C (oral) or 37.2°C (axillary). It is part of a systemic inflammatory response by the immune system to infection.

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