Bharucha Tehmina, Cockbain Beatrice, Brown Michael
Specialist Trainee and Academic Clinical Fellow in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG.
Academic Foundation Year 2 in the Department of Virology, Royal Free Hospital, London.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2016 Oct;77(10):579-583. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2016.77.10.579.
This article revisits concepts of pyrexia of unknown origin to reflect current clinical practice. It describes the evolution of the term, in line with the changing spectrum and pace of investigations, and introduces key questions that may be used to evaluate a pyrexia of unknown origin.
本文重新审视不明原因发热的概念,以反映当前的临床实践。它描述了该术语的演变,与不断变化的检查范围和速度相一致,并介绍了可用于评估不明原因发热的关键问题。