Fever control in the neuro-ICU: Why, who, and when?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Badjatia, Neeraj ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Fever; Neurocritical care; Normothermia

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BRAIN INJURIES; FEVER; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67749119970     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32832922e9     Document Type: Review

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