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- Adam Davies.
- Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Cheshire.
- Nurs Stand. 2014 Sep 9; 29 (1): 61.
AbstractFever is the raising of body temperature above the normal daily variation. In practice, this is -38°C (rectal or tympanic),37.5°C (oral) or 37.2°C (axillary). It is part of a systemic inflammatory response by the immune system to infection.
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