A nursing instructor is teaching a group of students about the action of antipyretic agents in children. The instructor determines that the teaching has been successful when the students identify which action as the primary action?
A) Cause vasodilation to promote heat loss
B) Decrease the temperature set point
C) Block release of histamine
D) Promote prostaglandin production
Ans: B
Antipyretics act to decrease the temperature set point in children with elevated temperatures by inhibiting the production of prostaglandins, which leads to heat loss through vasodilation and sweating. Antihistamines block the release of histamine.
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