Body Temperature Regulation: Physiologic Baseline, Fever Thresholds, and Clinical Interpretation
Body temperature regulation is a tightly coordinated homeostatic process that determines an individual’s baseline thermoregulatory set point, the ability to generate heat, and the capacity to dissipate it. The seed concept in the source text—differences in the likelihood of reaching a temperature such as 102°F—maps directly to how humans experience thermal physiology, fever thresholds, and… Read More »