The epidemiology of spontaneous fever and hypothermia on admission of brain injury patients to intensive care units: A multicenter cohort study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 950-960

  Rincon, Fred ^a   Hunter, Krystal ^b   Schorr, Christa ^b   Dellinger, R Philip ^b   Zanotti Cavazzoni, Sergio ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracerebral hemorrhage; Ischemic stroke; Mortality rate; Outcomes; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Traumatic brain injury; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84907867265     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.7.JNS132470     Document Type: Article

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