title: Fever in children.
abstract: Fever is the raising of body temperature above the normal daily variation. In practice, this is -38°C (rectal or tympanic),37.5°C (oral) or 37.2°C (axillary). It is part of a systemic inflammatory response by the immune system to infection.
authors.affiliation: Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Cheshire.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D062125:Thermometry / Q000379:methods*