Understanding fever and body temperature : a cross-disciplinary approach to clinical practice

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“The present volume revolves around thermometry, taking the reader on a journey from the past to the present. Yet, while the emphasis is on the clinical importance of obtaining accurate, quantitative measurements of body temperature, the reader is also introduced to the most recent thinking on their clinical interpretation, especially in relation to fever. These ideas have arisen in a cross-disciplinary collaboration, using evidence-based practice to integrate physiological and immunological knowledge. The editors, Ewa Grodzinsky and Märta Sund Levander, have collaborated closely with international experts in essays on a range of topics, including historical perspectives on temperature measurement, temperature measurement technology, the clinical evaluation of body temperature, and basic thermal physiology and immunology. The volume concludes with a number of patient scenarios that bring all these insights together. Although primarily a textbook that lends itself particularly well to a problem-based learning approach, Understanding Fever and Body Temperature: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Clinical Practice will also be of interest to all health-care professionals.”–Foreword, pages v-vi