Fever and fever management among intensive care patients with known or suspected infection: A multicentre prospective cohort study

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Young, Paul ^a   Saxena, Manoj ^b   Eastwood, Glenn M ^c   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c   Beasley, Richard ^d  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPYRETICS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960609688     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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