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Thursday, 18 July 2013

Fever in adult ICUs

Fever in adult ICUs: An interrupted time series analysis. Critical care medicine, August 2013, Vol. 41(8), p.1863-69.

Niven, D.J., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2013/08000/Fever_in_Adult_ICUs___An_Interrupted_Time_Series.5.aspx

Fever is common and associated with increased mortality among patients admitted to adult ICUs, yet recent literature suggests that the incidence of fever may be decreasing. The objective of this study was to determine whether the incidence of fever in adult ICUs changed over time and the factors responsible for the observed change.

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