Evidence-based practice: fever evaluation and early recognition of systemic inflammatory response syndrome in critical care patients.
Fever is very often the first sign of sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome, both of which can be life-threatening. This article presents various guidelines for the treatment and prevention of fever using evidence-based practice guidelines from a variety of sources.
Kramer
Linda W
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Norton Hospital, Loisville, KY 40202, USA. Linda.Kramer@NortonHealthCare.org
D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D013577:Syndrome; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*