Fever in the critical care unit

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-14

  Cunha, B A ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; LAXATIVE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG FEVER; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031964593     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(05)70378-X     Document Type: Article

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