• Fever is a homeostatic response under thermoregulation.

  • Hyperthermia, by contrast, is an increase in body temperature from conditions that overwhelm thermoregulation.

  • By consensus, fever is defined as a rectal temperature ≥38°C (100.4°F).

  • The treatment of fever itself is less important than the identification of its cause.

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