Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

there is a decline in the immune response due to the phenomenon called immunosenescence, which is not fully known, all these add to the increased risk of developing pyelonephritis (Lewis et al.,…

temperature may suggest the presence of a bacterial infection or an inflammatory process such as appendicitis. The degree of temperature together with other observations such as heart rate and respiratory rate will indicate if the patient is septic and in need of urgent medical management (Kinnear 2004). Note that older patients with abdominal pain caused by an infectious process may not present with a raised temperature. Immune response appears to decline with age and this may increase the risk…