Cooling by convection vs cooling by conduction for treatment of fever in critically ill adults

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-59

  Creechan, Tracy ^a   Vollman, Kathleen ^a   Kravutske, Mary E ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRYOANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERMODYNAMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONVECTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035227069     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2001.10.1.52     Document Type: Article

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