Pyrexia in head-injured patients admitted to intensive care

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1555-1562

  Stocchetti, Nino ^a   Rossi, Sandra ^a   Zanier, Elisa Roncati ^a   Colombo, Angelo ^a   Beretta, Luigi ^b   Citerio, Giuseppe ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antipyretic therapy; Brain injury; Cerebral perfusion pressure; Intracranial pressure; Pyrexia

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036903659     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1513-1     Document Type: Article

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