Podcast #272: More on Temperature in Sepsis
Nov 16, 2017•2 min
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Episode description
Author: David Rosenberg, M.D.
Educational Pearls
- A study of 20,000 subjects found that reducing fever in sepsis did not improve outcomes such as morbidity, mortality, or length of stay.
- However, correcting fever may help for patient comfort.
References: Zhang Z, Chen L, Ni H. Antipyretic Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: An Interaction with Body Temperature. Azevedo LCP, ed. PLoS ONE. 2015;10(3):e0121919. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121919.
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