[Comment on rule of thumb 11. "Fever in over 65- to 70-year-old patients is almost never unimportant"].
Villiger
E
E
Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, Stadtspital Waid, Zürich. erich.villiger@waid.zuerich.ch
Truttmann
B
B
D000368:Aged; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012016:Reference Values