Faget sign

Revisión del 02:23 11 nov 2015 de Jesse (discusión | contribs.) (Created page with "==Background== A pulse-temperature dissociation (aka sphygmothermic dissociation) named after Louisiana physician Jean Charles Faget. *Typically for every 1 degree of fever th...")
(difs.) ← Revisión anterior | Revisión actual (difs.) | Revisión siguiente → (difs.)

Background

A pulse-temperature dissociation (aka sphygmothermic dissociation) named after Louisiana physician Jean Charles Faget.

  • Typically for every 1 degree of fever the pulse increases by 10 beats/min. When fever is associated with bradycardia, it is referred to as Faget's sign.

Etiology

Common causes include:

  • Brucellosis
  • Chlamydia
  • Colorado tick fever virus
  • Coxiella burnetii
  • Dengue Fever
  • Drug fever
  • Legionella
  • Leptospirosis
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Mycoplasma
  • Psittacosis
  • Tularemia
  • Typhoid fever
  • Yellow Fever
Obtenido de «https://www.wikem.org/w/index.php?title=Faget_sign&oldid=48620»