Clinical Characteristics of Febrile Outpatients : Possible Involvement of Thyroid Dysfunction in Febrile Tachycardia.

We retrospectively analyzed the cases of 148 febrile patients whose body temperature (BT) was ≥ 37.5°C at our hospital. We categorized them into seven groups; those with bacterial and viral infection, nonspecific inflammation, neoplasm, connective tissue disease (CTD), drug-induced disease, and unidentified causes. Our analysis revealed that the patient's BT at the 1st visit (BT-1st visit) and highest BT during the febrile period (BT-max)...