Because many infectious-disease experts consider fever the most important sign of the disease, the presence of fever is a critical part of screening patients.
As for the complications, we took into account the presence of fever, hydrocephalus, vasospasm and infarction.
This in conjunction with subsequent urinalysis findings, presence of fever, and tachycardia confirmed the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis.
The presence of fever on admission also has proven to be a poor prognostic factor (OR 7.33 95%% CI 1.48-36, p = 0.01).
Third, the presence of fever may represent a confounding factor that should be taken into account; however, the local temperature on the forearm was always less than 37 °C and there was no apparent correlation with the resulting SBF ratio.
The primary case definition of clinical malaria was the presence of fever (axillary temperature ≥37.5°C) with a P. falciparum asexual parasitemia >500/µL.
Weight for height Z-score between -1 and zero was also associated with a negative Tine test, as was the presence of fever, and HIV infection (Table 5).
The presence of fever and HIV infection were both independently associated with a negative Tine test, although these variables did not enter the final Mantoux regression model.
Sepsis was diagnosed by the presence of fever and at least two of the following clinical signs: pulse >180/minute, respiratory rate >40/minute, capillary refill >3 seconds.
Bacteraemia was common irrespective of the presence of fever among children presenting to the hospital.
We asked the presence of fever using Affan Oromo (the local language).
