Common Symptoms

Front 1

ferver and hyperthermia:
essential inquiries

Back 1

1. localizing symptoms
2. weight loss
3. join pain
4. intravenous substance use
5. immunosuppression or neutropenia
6. hx of cancer
7. medications
8. travel

Front 2

what is the average normal oral body temp taken in mid-morning?

Back 2

36.7 C
(range 36-37.4 c)

Front 3

fever is a regulated rise to a new set point of body temp

describe cytokine-induced fever

Back 3

fever is a regulated rise to a new set point of body temp

*stimulit act on appropriate monocyte-macrophages
*these cells elaborate pyrogenic cytokines (IL-1, TNF, interferon-gamma, IL-6)
*causing elevation of the set point through effects in the hypothalamus

Front 4

in the presence of which drugs might you seen neuroleptic malignant syndrome?

Back 4

major tranquilizers:
1. haloperidol
2. fluphenazine

Front 5

where do you see specific fever patterns?

Back 5

1. relapsing fever of malaria
2. borreliosis
3. occasional cases of lymphoma--esp. Hodgkin's disease

Front 6

markedly elevated body temps can result in which profound metabolic disturbances?

Back 6

1. anencephaly during the tirst trimester of pregnancy
2. increased insulin requirements
3. altered drug metabolism and disposition

Front 7

define FUO

Back 7

1. unesplained cases of fever exceeding 38.3 c
2. on several occasions
3. for at least 3 weeks
4. in pts without neutropenia or immunosuppression