Month: January 2019

When examining a child with a fever without any specific symptoms or signs, special attention should be paid to the history of the disease. (The fact that we are dealing with “fever without local symptoms”

Many common infectious diseases may initially manifest as fever without local symptoms, i.e., fever may be ahead of other signs and symptoms of the disease for hours or days. For example, osteomyelitis in infants can

In a study of 600 febrile children aged 4 weeks to 2 years who were under observation in the emergency room, Teele found that 29% of them had a fever with no local symptoms or

Often, when examining a child with fever, the only symptom that can be identified is fever itself or such nonspecific signs as malaise or irritability. If this fever has recently arisen, it is referred to

Septic shock at the time of its height represents a difficult picture: cyanotic or ash-gray skin, cold limbs, grunting breath, stupor or coma, hypotension, and in the final blood pressure is not definable. Septic shock

Everyone is familiar with the classic signs of pneumococcal pneumonia: high fever, stunning chills, pleural pain in the chest, pink sputum, gentle wheezing during inhalation, bronchophony and egophony. However, as might be expected, this classic

The most important method for detecting serious bacterial infections remains a thorough history and physical examination of the patient. In addition to the generally recognized and well-known manifestations of bacterial infections, there are many unfamiliar

The risk of developing asymptomatic bacteremia decreases after the second year of life, however, older children may also suffer from severe bacterial infections or bacteremia with fever. According to Myers, out of 17 patients with

Temperature increase in newborns and infants It is widely believed among pediatricians that the smaller the child, the more attention it requires in the presence of fever. There are a number of reasons why fever