Fever in the Emergency Department Predicts Survival of Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Admitted to the ICU∗

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 591-599

  Sundén Cullberg, Jonas ^a   Rylance, Rebecca ^b   Svefors, Jesper ^c   Norrby Teglund, Anna ^a   Björk, Jonas ^d   Inghammar, Malin ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fever; ICU; sepsis; survival, emergency department

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 85011301346     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002249     Document Type: Article

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