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Understanding Fever and Body Temperature

A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Clinical Practice

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Editors:
  1. Ewa Grodzinsky

    1. Department of Pharmaceutic Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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  2. Märta Sund Levander

    1. Department of Nursing, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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  • Approaches the topic of fever in a uniquely broad manner, touching on topics such as measurement accuracy
  • Provides a review of the latest research on fever and body temperature
  • Includes hypothetical scenarios of clinical practice to aid in learning and encourage reflection

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to Understanding Fever and Body Temperature

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 1-5

  3. History of Body Temperature

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 7-22

  4. History of the Thermometer

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 23-35

  5. Technical Accuracy

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 37-48

  6. Thermoregulation of the Human Body

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 49-65

  7. Physiological and Immunological Activity

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 67-96

  8. Assessment and Evaluation of Body Temperature

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 97-114

  9. Physiological and Inflammatory Activity in Various Conditions

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 115-127

  10. Clinical Implications

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 129-159

  11. Conclusions

    • Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander
    Pages 161-166

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 167-174
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About this book

This book covers several areas, such as immunology, infectious diseases, physiology, general nursing, and medicine as well as measurement accuracy and the history of our understanding of fever. This book employs an interdisciplinary approach to exploring our concept of body temperature and specifically fever. The present volume revolves around thermometry, taking the reader on a journey from the past to the present. Yet while the emphasis is on the clinical importance of obtaining accurate, quantitative measurements of body temperature, the reader is also introduced to the most recent clinical work on the subject. This book represents a truly cross-disciplinary collaboration, using evidence-based practice to integrate physiological and immunological knowledge. The authors’ intention with this volume is to help readers gain better insight into the importance of using knowledge from different disciplines to develop an appreciation of the different aspects of body temperature. In addition, the reader will come to understand the concept of fever in a broader perspective than is traditionally adopted.

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“The book is written in an understandable, interesting manner suitable for a wide range of readers including undergraduate medical students and various health care professionals … . Understanding Fever and Body Temperature: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Clinical Practice is a well-written, concise, worth-reading book that provides valuable information about the regulation and assessment of body temperature and the pathophysiology and clinical implications of fever.” (Mohamed Mohamed Tawfik,Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 130 (6), June, 2020)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmaceutic Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Ewa Grodzinsky

  • Department of Nursing, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Märta Sund Levander

About the editors

Ewa Grodzinsky, Reg. BLS, PhD, is Associate Professor of Pharmaceutic Research at Linköping University in Linköping, Sweden

Märta Sund Levander, RNT, PhD, is Associate Professor of Nursing at Linköping University in Linköping, Sweden

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Fever and Body Temperature

  • Book Subtitle: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Clinical Practice

  • Editors: Ewa Grodzinsky, Märta Sund Levander

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21886-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21885-0Published: 04 September 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21888-1Published: 04 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21886-7Published: 22 August 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Care Management, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Nursing, Primary Care Medicine, Primary Care Medicine

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