title: Correlation between body temperature, blood pressure and plasmatic nitric oxide in septic patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to investigate whether there is a relationship between plasmatic levels of nitrate, body temperature, and blood pressure values in patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock.
  
  
  METHODS
  prospective observational study performed in a Brazilian hospital; data were collected from July to December 2009. Thirty blood samples were obtained from a total of 29 patients. Blood samples (10ml) were collected for subsequent laboratory analysis to determine nitrate levels in the plasma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  nitric oxide synthesis is increased in patients with septic shock, and is inversely correlated to the body temperature values.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  these data show that the measurement of body temperature and the observation of hypothermic conditions in septic patients could be important to guide the nursing regarding the evolution of individuals with sepsis to septic shock.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais, MachadoMG, Brazil, MSc, Professor, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais, Machado, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávia Helena
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil, MSc, Laboratory specialist, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Eduardo
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Batalhão
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil, PhD, Associate Professor, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Evelin Capellari
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cárnio
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D001831:Body Temperature; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide