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Boletín Clínico de la Asociación Médica del Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora

2019, Number 1

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Bol Clin Hosp Infant Edo Son 2019; 36 (1)

Fictitious fever in pediatrics

López NGE, Reyes HKL, Santos CLA, Reyes GU, Perea MA, Santamaría AC, Quero HA, López CG, Quero EA

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 23-27
PDF size: 128.62 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The study of cases with prolonged, recurrent or of unknown origin fever in Pediatrics represents a real challenge for the clinician. In this, endless difficulties can arise in order to determine the cause, for this it is necessary to expand the differential diagnosis and thus be able to distinguish banal processes of prolonged duration, of more complex pictures. It causes great anxiety in the patients and the relatives but also in the physicians who sometimes face great inconsistencies in the evolution of the patient because these pictures are variegated, which will eventually lead to the diagnosis of fictitious fever in pediatrics. Careful evaluation of the clinical picture and thorough questioning of the family can indicate the correct investigation route and the approach of each case.


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