Evaluation of Fever in the Intensive Care Unit.
10.3904/kjm.2015.88.6.658
- Author:
Na Ra YUN
1
Author Information
1. Division of Infectious disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea. shine@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Fever;
Intensive care units;
Infection;
Anti-bacterial agents
- MeSH:
Adrenal Insufficiency;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Blood Group Incompatibility;
Catheter-Related Infections;
Clostridium difficile;
Fever*;
Humans;
Hyperthyroidism;
Intensive Care Units*;
Pancreatitis;
Physical Examination;
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated;
Pulmonary Embolism;
Urinary Tract Infections;
Venous Thrombosis
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2015;88(6):658-662
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Fever is a common and serious problem in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), but its cause is sometimes difficult to determine. Such fevers may be infectious or noninfectious. Infectious causes include ventilator-associated pneumonia, intravascular catheter-related infection, surgical site infection, catheter-related urinary tract infection, and Clostridium difficile infection. Noninfectious causes include transfusion reaction, drug fever, acute pancreatitis, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, adrenal insufficiency, and hyperthyroidism. The medical history should be reviewed carefully and a physical examination performed whenever fever occurs in patients in the ICU.
