Liebermeister rule
Description
Liebermeister rule: Defining the relationship between pulse frequency and body temperature in fever. In fever, when the body temperature increases by one degree centigrade, the pulse frequency increases by eight beats per minute.
One exception to this rule is Faget sign in Yellow fever
History
Carl von Liebermeister (1833–1901) was a German Physician. Agreed with the ‘exception’ to his rule as defined by the condition Typhoid fever:
Original
English
Es ist uns nämlich schon seit längerer Zeit aufgefallen, dass im Typhus das Gesetz, dass mit der Steigerung der temperatur die Frequenz des Pulses zunehme, eine Ausnahme erleide insofern, als bei sehr hoher Temperatur die Pulsfrequenz eine relativ geringe ist.
For a long time we have noticed that in typhus provides an exception to the law that the increase in temperature increases the frequency of the pulse, and in typhus, at very high temperatures, the pulse rate is relatively low
Associated Persons
- Carl von Liebermeister (1833–1901)
- Jean-Charles Faget (1818–1884)
References
- Faget JC. Étude médicale de quelques questions importantes pour la Louisiane: et exposé succinct d’une endémie paludéenne, de forme catarrhale, qui a sévi à la Nouvelle-Orléans, particulièrement sur les enfants, pendant l’épidémie de fièvre jaune de 1858. New Orleans, Impr. Franco-American 1859.
- Ostergaard L, Huniche B, Andersen PL. Relative bradycardia in infectious diseases. J Infect. 1996 Nov;33(3):185-91.
- Mittal J, Estiverne C, Kothari N, Reddi A. Fever and Relative Bradycardia: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature. Int J Case Rep Short Rev. 2015;1(1):4-8
- Fox S. Relative Bradycardia. Pediatric EM Morsels.
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