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Postgraduate Medicine, 1964
A plan of management for the patient with fever of unknown origin is described. Diagnosis can be made within a week of onset of the fever in many cases, with basic observations consisting of a carefully taken and complete history, physical examination, blood cultures, urinalysis, complete blood cell count and chest x-ray.
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A plan of management for the patient with fever of unknown origin is described. Diagnosis can be made within a week of onset of the fever in many cases, with basic observations consisting of a carefully taken and complete history, physical examination, blood cultures, urinalysis, complete blood cell count and chest x-ray.
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Medical Clinics of North America, 1988
The evaluation of an FUO is a significant test of all a physician's clinical skills. The ultimate goal of the physician is to reach a diagnosis and to cure the patient in the best possible situation. Despite such pressure both externally and self-imposed, a physician needs to meticulously follow the patient and logically pursue the available diagnostic
J L, Brusch, L, Weinstein
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The evaluation of an FUO is a significant test of all a physician's clinical skills. The ultimate goal of the physician is to reach a diagnosis and to cure the patient in the best possible situation. Despite such pressure both externally and self-imposed, a physician needs to meticulously follow the patient and logically pursue the available diagnostic
J L, Brusch, L, Weinstein
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1977
One of the most difficult challenges in clinical medicine is arriving at a specific diagnosis for a fever of unknown origin (FUO). The cause of a FUO will frequently remain obscure and frustrate the best diagnostic efforts of an aggressive house staff backed up by learned consultants and a medical center equipped with the latest and most sophisticated ...
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One of the most difficult challenges in clinical medicine is arriving at a specific diagnosis for a fever of unknown origin (FUO). The cause of a FUO will frequently remain obscure and frustrate the best diagnostic efforts of an aggressive house staff backed up by learned consultants and a medical center equipped with the latest and most sophisticated ...
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1978
ABSTRACT To the Editor.— Katz and Fauci presented a case report of Nocardia asteroides sinusitis (238:2397, 1977), and William R. Barclay, MD, applauded the article on the editorial page (238:2404, 1977). Frankly, I found it distressing that a 39-year-old woman underwent a "million dollar work-up" including an exploratory laparotomy and other invasive ...
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ABSTRACT To the Editor.— Katz and Fauci presented a case report of Nocardia asteroides sinusitis (238:2397, 1977), and William R. Barclay, MD, applauded the article on the editorial page (238:2404, 1977). Frankly, I found it distressing that a 39-year-old woman underwent a "million dollar work-up" including an exploratory laparotomy and other invasive ...
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Recurrent Fevers of Unknown Origin
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2007Recurrent fever of unknown origin is mostly caused by rather rare diseases and many cases remain unexplained. The very limited literature data do not allow one to construct a diagnostic algorithm. A number of general principles should be kept in mind before starting the investigation for this rare subtype of fever of unknown origin.
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Fever of Unknown Origin or Fever of Too Many Origins?
New England Journal of Medicine, 2013Although the traditional causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO) are increasingly rare, FUOs are not. The new FUOs are often found among patients in intensive care units, many of whom are already receiving multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics.
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2006
The original criteria for fever of unknown origin (FUO) as set forth in 1961 by Petersdorf and Beeson were fever higher than 38.3°C on several occasions of at least 3 weeks’ duration and uncertain diagnosis after 1 week of study in the hospital (1). This definition was later revised, and the criterion of 1 week of hospitalization has been replaced by 3
Hongming Zhuang, Ghassan El-Haddad
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The original criteria for fever of unknown origin (FUO) as set forth in 1961 by Petersdorf and Beeson were fever higher than 38.3°C on several occasions of at least 3 weeks’ duration and uncertain diagnosis after 1 week of study in the hospital (1). This definition was later revised, and the criterion of 1 week of hospitalization has been replaced by 3
Hongming Zhuang, Ghassan El-Haddad
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