Clinical features of fever associated with poor outcome in severe pediatric traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-10

  Suz, Pilar ^a   Vavilala, Monica S ^a,b,c   Souter, Michael ^a,b   Muangman, Saipin ^a   Lam, Arthur M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fever; Head trauma; Pyrexia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644875596     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ana.0000189079.26212.37     Document Type: Article

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