The author replies: With sepsis: If fever is good, then hypothermia is bad!

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2926-2927

  Crouser, Elliott D David ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CELL PROTECTION; FEVER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 84866554157     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318263276c     Document Type: Letter

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