OBJECTIVE: In patients with traumatic or ischemic brain injury, hyperthermia is thought to
worsen the neurological injury. We studied fever in the neurosurgical intensive care unit …

Object Fever and hypothermia (dysthermia) are associated with poor outcomes in patients
with brain injuries. The authors sought to study the epidemiology of dysthermia on …

Hypothermia is considered nature's “gold standard” for neuroprotection, and its efficacy for
improving outcome in patients with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest …

Fever in the neurocritical care setting is common and has a negative impact on outcome of
all disease types. Meta-analyses have demonstrated that fever at onset and in the acute …

Background and Purpose—The association between hyperthermia and early neurological
deterioration, increased morbidity, and mortality in acute ischemic stroke is well known …

Background and Purpose No definitive data are yet available on the effects of body
temperature on neurological damage after cerebral ischemia in humans. Experimental …

Objective To study the effectiveness of a catheter-based heat exchange system in reducing
elevated temperatures in critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients. Design …

Background and objective: Non-infectious causes of fever are often considered in critical
neurological patients but their true significance has not been formally studied. The aim of …

Objective: To identify risk factors for fever among patients treated in a neurologic intensive
care unit (NICU). Methods: The authors prospectively studied the frequency and causes of …

Background Antipyresis is a common clinical practice in intensive care, although it is
unknown if fever is harmful, beneficial, or a negligible adverse effect of infection and …