Change in temperature profile may precede fever and be an early indicator of sepsis: A case report

Shock

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-320

  Mohr, Nicholas M ^a   Hotchkiss, Richard S ^a   Micek, Scott T ^b   Durrani, Sulaman ^a   Fuller, Brian M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

BODY TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 80051987383     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: 15400514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SHK.0b013e318224f5ee     Document Type: Letter

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