Epidemiology and outcomes of fever burden among patients with acute ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3357-3362

  Phipps, Michael S ^a,b   Desai, Rani A ^a   Wira, Charles ^a   Bravata, Dawn M ^c,d,e,f,g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Health Services Research and Development Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice   (United States)

^e Research and Development Stroke Quality Enhancement Research Initiative   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fever; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84856224804     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.621425     Document Type: Article

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