Physical methods for the treatment of fever in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Patrícia de Oliveira Salgado (Author), Ludmila Christiane Rosa da Silva (Author), Priscila Marinho Aleixo Silva (Author), Tânia Couto Machado Chianca (Author)
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• 出版: SciELO.
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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 randomized...