pyrexia

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If, however, organic disease can be excluded, and if the pyrexia is the only circumstance which prevents the decision that the child is well and should be treated as well, then the thermometer may be overruled and the pyrexia neglected.

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  • If there is a change in the pattern of the colic episode, vomiting (particularly bile), pyrexia, abnormal stool or any difficulty with breathing then a health professional should be consulted immediately.
  • The remaining 200 miles east were a descent into the humid pyrexia of the Gulf. —  The Guardian World News
  • Most common adverse reactions (more than 25\%) in pediatric patients receiving PEGINTRON / REBETOL are pyrexia, headache, neutropenia, fatigue, anorexia, injection site erythema and vomiting. —  BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories
  • The most commonly reported SAEs included pneumonia (7\%), pyrexia —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • The most common adverse reactions observed in Rituxan-treated RA patients are hypertension, nausea, upper respiratory tract infection, arthralgia, pruritus, and pyrexia. —  Health News from Medical News Today
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  1. New Latin, from Greek purexis, from puressein, to have a fever, from puretos, fever; see pyretic.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek πύρεξις, feverishness, from πυρέσσ, σ1ειν, be feverish, from πυρετός, fever: see pyretic.
 

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