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temperatures/fever
vital/ bio metrics
Term | Definition |
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Hypothalamus | Small part of the brain near the pituitary gland that regulate temp and releases hormones. |
Febrile | presence of a fever |
afebrile | absence of a fever |
Intermittent Fever | fluctuating fever that returns to or below base temp that up again. |
Remittent fever | Fluctuating fever that remains high and doesn't return to base temp. |
Continuous fever | Fever that remains high with no fluctuation |
axillary temp | least accurate temp in armpit |
Rectal | most accurate temp. |
tympanic | temp in the ear, for kids and confused pts. |