Measurement and evaluation of body temperature
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Body temperature[edit | edit source]
- Below 34 °C mostly death;
- hypothermia– 34–36 °C;
- normal – 36–37 °C;
- subfebrile – 37–38 °C;
- febrile – nad 38 °C;
- hyperpyrexia – 40–41 °C;
- above 42 °C mostly death.
We measure the temperature with a mercury thermometer in the axilla, but we can also measure in other places. Our measurement depends on the measuring point:
- The temperature in the rectum is 0,5 °C higher than the temperature in the axilla.
- Oral temperature is 0,1–0,3 °C higher than axillary temperature.
Fever curves[edit | edit source]
It deals with the course of temperatures and their fluctuations:
- Febris Continua - permanent increase in body temperature above 38 °C - typhoid fever.
- Febris Remitens - fluctuates by more than 2 °C during the day, but never reaches normal body temperature - severe infection.
- Febris Intermittens - high fever alternates with normal to subnormal temperatures during the day.
- Febris Recurrens - periods of days with fever alternate regularly with periods of days without fevers.
- Febris Undulans - the temperature rises within a few days and falls again after reaching the maximum, a period of rest for a few days and then the whole cycle is repeated - Hodgkin's disease.
Chills[edit | edit source]
- only once in case of illness and not recurring – pneumonia, influenza;
- Recurrent – bacteremia, sepsis.
Links[edit | edit source]
Related articles[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- CHROBÁK, Ladislav, et al. Propedeutika vnitřního lékařství. 2. vydání. Grada, 2003. ISBN 80-247-0609-1.
- Fever Curves - What Can They Tell Us? (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2020, from https://www.onio.com/article/fever-curves-what-they-tell-us.html
