Physical methods for the treatment of fever in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial
Abstract OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of physical methods of reducing body temperature (ice pack and warm compression) in critically ill patients with fever. METHOD A randomized clinical trial involving 102 adult patients with tympanic temperature ≥ 38.3°C of an infectious focus, and randomiz...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
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| Series: | Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342016000500823&lng=en&tlng=en |