Med. praxi. 2022;19(1):19-24 | DOI: 10.36290/med.2022.002

Fever in adults, differential diagnosis and administration of antipyretics

Benedikt Krížek, MUDr. Petra Matalová, Ph.D.
Ústav farmakologie LF UP a FN Olomouc

Fever is a symptom, which accompanies many infectious and non-infectious illnesses. Its causes may be various ranging from frequent to very rare. The most common causes are viral or bacterial infections, but fever can also be a sign of other serious diseases, even poisoning or drug intoxication. The following article should briefly summarize essential management of patient with fever.

Keywords: fever, antipyretic drugs, treatment of fever.

Published: February 23, 2022  Show citation

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Krížek B, Matalová P. Fever in adults, differential diagnosis and administration of antipyretics. Med. praxi. 2022;19(1):19-24. doi: 10.36290/med.2022.002.
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