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Hyperthermia Related To Dengue Fever As Evidenced by Temperature Above The Normal Range

Hyperthermia related to dengue fever as evidenced by temperature above normal range. The document provides an assessment, nursing diagnosis, scientific explanation, objectives, interventions, rationale, and expected outcomes for a patient presenting with hyperthermia likely caused by dengue fever. Short term goals include decreasing body temperature from 38.4°C to 37°C within 2 hours of nursing interventions like IV fluids, vital signs monitoring, and comfort measures. Long term goals include maintaining normal temperature range of 36.5-37.5°C over next 2 days.

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Hyperthermia Related To Dengue Fever As Evidenced by Temperature Above The Normal Range

Hyperthermia related to dengue fever as evidenced by temperature above normal range. The document provides an assessment, nursing diagnosis, scientific explanation, objectives, interventions, rationale, and expected outcomes for a patient presenting with hyperthermia likely caused by dengue fever. Short term goals include decreasing body temperature from 38.4°C to 37°C within 2 hours of nursing interventions like IV fluids, vital signs monitoring, and comfort measures. Long term goals include maintaining normal temperature range of 36.5-37.5°C over next 2 days.

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Hyperthermia related to dengue fever as evidenced by temperature above the normal range.

Assessment Nursing Scientific Objectives Interventions Rationale Expected


Diagnosis Explanation Outcome

Subjective: Hyperthermia Hyperthermia Short-term  Establish  To gain the Short-term


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nung dengue fever as chemicals of nursing cooperation of nursing
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as verbalized temperature pyrogens the patient’s the patient’s
 Regulated  To prevent
by the patient’s above the which flow in body body
IV fluid water
mother normal range. the temperature according intoxication temperature
bloodstream. will decrease to doctor’s decreased
Objective: These from 38.4 °C order from 38.4 °C
- Skin is chemicals are to 37 °C to 37 °C
warm to produced by  Vital Signs  To obtain
touch tissues and obtained baseline
- Flushed some Long-term data Long-term
skin is pathogens After 2 days After 2 days
observed and when the of nursing of nursing
 AM care  To provide
. hypothalamu intervention intervention
provided comfort
- Tachycar s detects the client will the client
dia is them, it maintain  Provided  To lower maintained
noted instructs the body’s tepid client’s body’s
- Tachypn body to normal sponge temperature normal
ea is generate and temperature bath temperature
noted retain heat which is 36.5 which is
which causes °C – 37.5 °C  Change  To promote 36.5 °C –
Vital signs are the rise in the clients clients 37.5 °C
as follows: body clothes to comfort
BP: 100/60 temperature. loose cotton
clothes
PR: 115 Hyperthermia
PR: 24 happens  Provided a  To aid in
T: 38.4 °C during viral cool regulating
and bacterial environmen the body’s
infections t by temperature
adjusting
because it is
room
a defense temperature
mechanism
of the body to  Advised to  Water helps
raise the increase in
temperature fluid intake regulating
to kill off the body
certain temperature
bacteria and and to
viruses prevent
sensitive to dehydration
high
 Advise bed  Activity can
temperature. rest rise body
temperature

 Raise side  For patient


rails safety

 Administer  To relieve
paracetmol patient from
as hyperthermi
prescribed a
by the
attending
physician

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