Fever: Applying research to bedside practice

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-87

  Henker, Richard ^a   Carlson, Karen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Carlson Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Hyperthermia; Symptom management; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; CASE REPORT; DECISION TREE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CAUSALITY; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33846847544     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01256961-200701000-00010     Document Type: Review

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