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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

In medicine, the Faget sign is the unusual constellation of fever and bradycardia (a slow pulse). It is often seen in yellow fever.

Fever is usually accompanied by tachycardia (a fast pulse), an association known by the eponym Liebermeister's rule.

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Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic No underlying causes
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Nutritional/Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
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Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
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Etymology

It is named after Jean Charles Faget, who characterized it in 1859.[1][2]

Reference

  1. Jean-Charles Faget. Études 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’epidémie de fièvre jaune de 1858. New Orleans, 1859.
  2. "Whonamedit - Faget's sign". Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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