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  2. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate - Wikipedia

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    The widely used [21] rule calculating normal maximum ESR values in adults (98% confidence limit) is given by a formula devised in 1983 from a study of ≈1000 individuals over the age of 20: [22] The normal values of ESR in men is age (in years) divided by 2; for women, the normal value is age (in years) plus 10, divided by 2.

  3. Vital signs - Wikipedia

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    There are four primary vital signs which are standard in most medical settings: [7] Body temperature; Heart rate or Pulse; Respiratory rate; Blood pressure; The equipment needed is a thermometer, a sphygmomanometer, and a watch. [8]

  4. Human body temperature - Wikipedia

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    The normal daily temperature variation is typically 0.5 °C (0.90 °F), but can be greater among people recovering from a fever. [15] An organism at optimum temperature is considered afebrile, meaning "without fever". [26] If temperature is raised, but the setpoint is not raised, then the result is hyperthermia.

  5. Orders of magnitude (temperature) - Wikipedia

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    3.6 TK, temperature at which matter doubles in mass (compared to its mass at 0 K) due to relativistic effects 5.5 TK, highest man-made temperature in thermal equilibrium as of 2015 ( quark–gluon plasma from LHC collisions) [ 12 ]

  6. Rheumatic fever - Wikipedia

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    Rheumatic fever primarily affects children between ages 5 and 17 years and occurs approximately 20 days after strep throat. In up to a third of cases, the underlying strep infection may not have caused any symptoms. [citation needed] The rate of development of rheumatic fever in individuals with untreated strep infection is estimated to be 3%.

  7. Cardiac output - Wikipedia

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    Major factors influencing cardiac output – heart rate and stroke volume, both of which are variable. [1]In cardiac physiology, cardiac output (CO), also known as heart output and often denoted by the symbols , ˙, or ˙, [2] is the volumetric flow rate of the heart's pumping output: that is, the volume of blood being pumped by a single ventricle of the heart, per unit time (usually measured ...

  8. Human thermoregulation - Wikipedia

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    Simplified control circuit of human thermoregulation. [8]The core temperature of a human is regulated and stabilized primarily by the hypothalamus, a region of the brain linking the endocrine system to the nervous system, [9] and more specifically by the anterior hypothalamic nucleus and the adjacent preoptic area regions of the hypothalamus.

  9. Sepsis - Wikipedia

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    Treating fever in sepsis, including people in septic shock, has not been associated with any improvement in mortality over a period of 28 days. [95] Treatment of fever still occurs for other reasons. [96] [97] A 2012 Cochrane review concluded that N-acetylcysteine does not reduce mortality in those with SIRS or sepsis and may even be harmful. [98]