• DOI:10.1007/s12098-015-1724-4
Corpus ID: 34481402

Fever in Children and Fever of Unknown Origin

@article{Dayal2015FeverIC,
  title={Fever in Children and Fever of Unknown Origin},
  author={R. Dayal and D. Agarwal},
  journal={The Indian Journal of Pediatrics},
  year={2015},
  volume={83},
  pages={38-43}
}

R. Dayal, D. Agarwal

Published 2015

Medicine

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Fever is the most common symptom in children and can be classified as fever with or without focus. Fever without focus can be less than 7 d and is subclassified as fever without localizing signs and fever of unknown origin (FUO). FUO is defined as a temperature greater than 38.3 °C, for more than 3 wk or failure to reach a diagnosis after 1 wk of inpatient investigations. The most common causes of FUO in children are infections, connective tissue disorders and neoplasms. Infectious diseases… CONTINUE READING

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