Fever in sepsis: Is it cool to be hot?

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Young, Paul J ^a,b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

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

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEPSIS;

FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84893846797     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13726     Document Type: Note

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