Treatment of fever after stroke: Conflicting evidence

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1085-1091

  Wrotek, Sylwia E ^a,b,d   Kozak, Wieslaw E ^d   Hess, David C ^a,c   Fagan, Susan C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fever; Hyperthermia; Inflammation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; MEZLOCILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SULBACTAM;

BODY TEMPERATURE; COOLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; STROKE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; ANTIPYRETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054926460     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.31.11.1085     Document Type: Review

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