Fever and Complimentary Medicine
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Clinical Manual of Fever in Children
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Clinical Manual of Fever in Children
A. Sahib El-Radhi · James Carroll · Nigel Klein (Eds.)
Clinical Manual of Fever in Children
A. Sahib El-Radhi, FRCPCH, MRCP, Ph.D, DCH Consultant Paediatrician & Honorary Senior Lecturer, Medical School Denver Close Petts Wood, Orpington Kent BR6 OSB United Kingdom James Carroll, MD Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurology Chief, Section of Pediatric Neurology The Medical College of Georgia 1120 15th Street Augusta, Georgia 30912 USA
ISBN: 978-3-540-78597-2
Nigel Klein, MBBS, BSc, PhD, MRCP, FRCPCH Professor Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Infection and Immunology Division of Cell and Molecular Biology Institute of Child Health 30 Guilford Street London, WC1N 1EH United Kingdom
e-ISBN: 978-3-540-78598-9
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78598-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008926503 © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: Frido Steinen-Broo, e-Studio Calamar, Spain Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
Preface
Febrile illnesses have their highest incidence in early childhood, and fever is the leading symptom bringing children to see the pediatricians and primary care physicians. Despite the high prevalence of fever and the increased scientific knowledge about fever mechanisms, there is a lack of information about fever pathogenesis and management in pediatric textbooks. Primary care physicians have little time to study the subject. Medical students receive insufficient teaching about fever. Lectures addressing fever are few or nonexistent. Books on the subject of fever are hardly available. One important reason for all these is that there is no specialty or subspecialty to foster and promote the subject. In the past few decades, remarkable advances have been made in understanding the mechanism of fever and its management. The current knowled
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