Health Management for Older Adults III - Fever and Infection in the Elderly -- Fever in the Elderly

< i > Fever and Infection in the Elderly -- Fever in the Elderly

consider radiologic evaluation for intraabdominal infectious processes in the elderly as they often have atypical presentations
while infection may be the cause of fever, remember that malignancies and connective tissue disorders can also present with fever and are relatively more common in the elderly.