Brief report: Incidence, etiology, risk factors, and outcome of hospital-acquired fever: A systematic, evidence-based review

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1184-1187

  Kaul, Daniel R ^a   Flanders, Scott A ^a   Beck, James M ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Hospital units; Hospitalization; Inpatients

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DRUG USE; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749381422     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00566.x     Document Type: Review

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