Fever during post-acute rehabilitation in patients with brain injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-125

  Ordu Gokkaya, Nilufer Kutay ^a   Aras, Meltem Dalyan ^a,b   Oken, Oznur ^a   Koseoglu, Fusun ^a  

^a Etlik Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Turan Gunes Bulvari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Fever; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 15944422849     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970410001096     Document Type: Article

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