Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 208-216, May 2010

Peak body temperature predicts mortality in critically ill patients without cerebral damage

  • Panagiotis Kiekkas, RN, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Panagiotis Kiekkas, RN, MSc, PhD, Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Patras University Hospital, 76 Stratigou Konstantinopoulou Str., Aroi, Patras 263-31, Greece.
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  • Dimitrios Velissaris, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece
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  • Menelaos Karanikolas, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece
    • ,
  • Diamanto Aretha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece
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  • Adamantios Samios, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece
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  • Chrisula Skartsani, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece
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  • George I. Baltopoulos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • Kriton S. Filos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece

published online 19 October 2009.

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 This was a prospective, observational study, conducted at the 14-bed, medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit of Patras University Hospital, an academic, tertiary-care hospital in Patras, Greece.

PII: S0147-9563(09)00178-2

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.06.019

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 208-216, May 2010

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