Drug fever: a critical appraisal of conventional concepts: an analysis of 51 episodes in two Dallas hospitals and 97 episodes reported in the English literature

PA MACKOWIAK, CF LeMAISTRE - Annals of internal medicine, 1987 - acpjournals.org
Because no systematic analysis of drug fever has been done, there has been no means for
testing the validity of published characterizations of this clinical entity. We reviewed the …

Drug-induced fever

PA Tabor - Drug intelligence & clinical pharmacy, 1986 - journals.sagepub.com
Humans maintain body temperature within a narrow range. Drug administration can upset
the usual balance and cause a fever. The drug may interfere with heat dissipation …

Southwestern internal medicine conference: drug fever: mechanisms, maxims and misconceptions

PA Mackowiak - The American journal of the medical sciences, 1987 - Elsevier
Although drug fever is a clinical entity that has received considerable attention in textbooks
and review articles, only recently have such writings been subjected to critical analysis. In …

Adverse Reactions and Interactions with H2-Receptor Antagonists

J Pension, KG Wormsley - Medical Toxicology, 1986 - Springer
Histamine H 2 receptor antagonists have been used in the treatment of gastrointestinal
diseases for more than a decade and during this period have become one of the most …

Changes in body temperature after administration of acetylcholine, histamine, morphine, prostaglandins and related agents: II

WG Clark, JM Lipton - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 1985 - Elsevier
This survey continues a second series of compilations of data regarding changes in body
temperature induced by drugs and related agents. The information listed includes the …

Hyperpyrexia associated with intravenous cimetidine therapy: report of a case

CM Parenti, JE Hoffman - Archives of internal medicine, 1986 - jamanetwork.com
• Fever as a drug reaction is common. It has, however, not been widely recognized as a
complication of cimetidine therapy. We observed a patient who, during the administration of …