Point: Should antipyretic therapy be given routinely to febrile patients in septic shock? Yes

Chest. 2013 Oct;144(4):1096-1098. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-0916.

Authors

Nicholas M Mohr¹, Kevin C Doerschug²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesia, Iowa City, IA. Electronic address: nicholas-mohr@uiowa.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA.

PMID: 24081339
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0916

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MeSH terms

Antipyretics / therapeutic use*
Fever / drug therapy*
Fever / etiology*
Humans
Shock, Septic / complications*

Substances

Antipyretics