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- Sustained, unexplained fever despite a comprehensive work up is recognized as fever of unknown origin (FUO), which frequently poses a clinical challenge.
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Aug 14, 2023 · This activity reviews the cause and presentation of fever of unknown origin and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in its management. Objectives: Describe the workup of a patient with a fever of unknown origin.
- Ilona Brown, Nancy A. Finnigan
- 2023/08/14
- 2021
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...
Nov 28, 2023 · Clinicians commonly refer to a febrile illness without an initially obvious etiology as fever of unknown origin (FUO). However, most febrile illnesses either resolve before a diagnosis can be made or develop distinguishing characteristics that lead to a diagnosis.
Fever of unknown origin is defined as a clinically documented temperature of 101°F or higher on several occasions, coupled with an unrevealing diagnostic workup. The differential diagnosis...
Apr 10, 2024 · Fever of unknown origin (FUO) was defined in 1961 by Petersdorf and Beeson as the following: (1) a temperature greater than 38.3°C (101°F) on several occasions, (2) more than 3...
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 definition was modified.
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Jan 1, 2012 · Classic definition of fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a fever for more than 3 weeks, a temperature of 38.3 C or higher on several occasions, and no definitive diagnosis after 1 week of hospital evaluation.
