title: Evidence-based practice: fever evaluation and early recognition of systemic inflammatory response syndrome in critical care patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Norton Hospital, Loisville, KY 40202, USA. Linda.Kramer@NortonHealthCare.org
authors.forename: Linda W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: 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*