Temperature management of non-elective intensive care patients without neurological abnormalities: A point prevalence study of practice in Australia and New Zealand

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-233

  Hammond, Naomi E ^a,b   Saxena, Manoj K ^a,c   Taylor, Colman ^a   Young, Paul ^d,e   Seppelt, Ian ^a,f   Glass, Parisa ^a   Myburgh, John ^a,c  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANTIPYRETICS; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887524626     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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