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Fever and Aging
Author(s) -
Norman Dean C.,
Grahn Dale,
Yoshikawa Thomas T.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1985.tb05441.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thermoregulation , pathogenesis , immunology , intensive care medicine , physiology
The pathogenesis and clinical relevance of fever is reviewed. The interrelationship between fever and other biologic responses to infection is summarized. A blunted or absent fever response to infections observed in some elderly patients may be due to defects in thermoregulation. These abnormalities in thermoregulation may include impairment of both behavioral and physiologic responses. J Am Geriatr Soc 33:859, 1985