Fever control and its impact on outcomes: What is the evidence?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Aiyagari, Venkatesh ^a   Diringer, Michael N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Fever; Intensive care; Non narcotic analgesics; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THERMOREGULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548145987     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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