Fever as nature's engine: Some clinical data

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7743, 2010, Pages 382-

  Barlow, Gavin ^a   Lillie, Patrick ^b   Nathwani, Dilip ^c   Davey, Peter ^d  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PNEUMONIA;

BODY TEMPERATURE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77649198356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c905     Document Type: Letter

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