A CPD article enhanced Adam Davies’s understanding of the assessment and management of fever in children
Fever is the raising of body temperature above the normal daily variation. In practice, this is –38oC (rectal or tympanic),37.5oC (oral) or 37.2oC (axillary). It is part of a systemic inflammatory response by the immune system to infection.
Nursing Standard. 29, 1, 61-61. doi: 10.7748/ns.29.1.61.s51
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