Use and effectiveness of hypothermia blankets for febrile patients in the intensive care unit

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1208-1216

  O'Donnell, Judith ^a,b   Axelrod, Peter ^a,c   Fisher, Carley ^a   Lorber, Bennett ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COOLING; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030949338     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513660     Document Type: Article

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