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Feb 2, 2022 · In 1961, Petersdorf and Beeson defined fever of unknown origin (FUO) as a temperature of 38.3°C or higher for at least 3 weeks without a diagnosis, despite 1 week of inpatient investigations. 2 ...
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Definition and causes. Fever of unknown origin (FUO) was first defined by Petersdorf and Beeson in 1961, who defined FUO as body temperature above 38.3°C (101°F) on three or more occasions and a duration of illness of at least three weeks, in which no diagnosis was made after one week of hospital admission. 1 In the following years this ...
Aug 14, 2023 · Fever of unknown origin (FUO) was first described by Dr. Petersdorf and Dr. Beesom in 1961.[1] FUO was defined as a temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit (38.3 degrees Centigrade) or higher with a minimum duration of three weeks without an established diagnosis despite at least one week's investigation in the hospital. This definition was later changed to accommodate technological advances ...
- Ilona Brown, Nancy A. Finnigan
- 2023/08/14
- 2021
Fever of unknown origin: an evidence-based review. Am J Med Sci. 2012;344(4):307-316. Hersch EC, Oh RC. Prolonged febrile illness and fever of unknown origin in adults. Am Fam Physician. 2014;90(2 ...
Petersdorf and Beeson 1 first coined the term fever of unknown origin in 1961 and explicitly defined it as a temperature higher than 38.3°C on several occasions and lasting longer than 3 weeks, with a diagnosis that remains uncertain after 1 week of investigations in hospital. Petersdorf and Beeson chose 3 weeks of fever to eliminate self-limited viral illnesses and to allow sufficient time ...
- Ophyr Mourad, Valerie Palda, Allan S. Detsky
- 2003
Nov 21, 2022 · Brucellosis accounts for more than 500,000 new cases per year globally and more than 10/100,000 morbidities in some endemic countries [4, 5]. According to the national surveillance data, the incidence of Brucellosis in China increased rapidly from 0.028/100,000 (326 cases) in 1993 to 3.1532/100,000 (44,036 cases) in 2019 [ 6 , 7 ].
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Nov 28, 2023 · From the perspective of a practicing clinician, an overarching definition of FUO is fever persisting longer than typical self-limiting conditions (eg, common viral illnesses) in the absence of an identifiable cause despite a reasonable evaluation by an experienced clinician. Many clinical researchers have attempted to more precisely define FUO ...
