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If the cause is found it usually is a [[diagnosis of exclusion]], that is, by eliminating all possibilities until only one explanation remains, and taking this as the correct one. | If the cause is found it usually is a [[diagnosis of exclusion]], that is, by eliminating all possibilities until only one explanation remains, and taking this as the correct one. | ||
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The current definition requires three outpatient visits or three days in hospital or 1 week of "intelligent and invasive" ambulatory investigation. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: febris continua e causa ignota; febris e causa ignota; febris E.C.I.; FUO; PUO; pyrexia of unknown origin
Overview
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) refers to a condition in which the patient has an elevated temperature but despite investigations by a physician no explanation has been found.[1][2][3][4][5]
If the cause is found it usually is a diagnosis of exclusion, that is, by eliminating all possibilities until only one explanation remains, and taking this as the correct one.
Pathophysiology
The current definition requires three outpatient visits or three days in hospital or 1 week of "intelligent and invasive" ambulatory investigation.
References
- ↑ Mandell's Principles and Practices of Infection Diseases 6th Edition (2004) by Gerald L. Mandell MD, MACP, John E. Bennett MD, Raphael Dolin MD, ISBN 0-443-06643-4 · Hardback · 4016 Pages Churchill Livingstone
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 16th Edition, The McGraw-Hill Companies, ISBN 0-07-140235-7
- ↑ The Oxford Textbook of Medicine Edited by David A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox and John D. Firth with Edward J. Benz, Fourth Edition (2003), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-262922-0
- ↑ Cecil Textbook of Medicine by Lee Goldman, Dennis Ausiello, 22nd Edition (2003), W.B. Saunders Company, ISBN 0-7216-9652-X
- ↑ Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine by Irwin and Rippe, Fifth Edition (2003), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISBN 0-7817-3548-3