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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2014

01-08-2014 | What's New in Intensive Care

What’s new with fever control in the ICU

Authors: Fabio Silvio Taccone, Manoj Saxena, Frédérique Schortgen

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2014

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The high prevalence of an elevated body temperature in critically ill patients (sepsis, systemic inflammation and neurological presentations) contrasts with the reliability of the evidence that is available to inform the clinical question of “should we treat fever?” [1]. Recently available high quality studies have enhanced our understanding of the potential role of fever control in critically ill patients (Fig. 1) and several clinical trials are currently ongoing.
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Metadata
Title
What’s new with fever control in the ICU
Authors
Fabio Silvio Taccone
Manoj Saxena
Frédérique Schortgen
Publication date
01-08-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3277-9

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