Fever: epidemiology and stakes

This episode covers Chapter 12 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine.

Episode Overview:

1. Describe the physiologic mechanism of increasing the body's temperature
2. What is the change in HR and RR with every increase of 1°C core body temperature?
3. What is the emergency medicine specific approach to defining the infectious differential?
4. List 15 causes of non-infectious hyperthermia

Wisecracks

1. Description of fever vs. hyperthermia
   • Approach to a patient with an elevated temperature
2. Points on fever in the elderly, chronically ill, or immunosuppressed
3. What is the most accurate way of measuring core body temperature?