Fever in Trauma Patients: Evaluation of Risk Factors, Including Traumatic Brain Injury | Zendy

Victoria Bengualid | Zendy; Goutham Talari | Zendy; David T. Rubin | Zendy; Aiham Albaeni | Zendy; Ronald L. Ciubotaru | Zendy; Judith Berger | Zendy

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Fever in Trauma Patients: Evaluation of Risk Factors, Including Traumatic Brain Injury

Author(s) -

Victoria Bengualid,

Goutham Talari,

David T. Rubin,

Aiham Albaeni,

Ronald L. Ciubotaru,

Judith Berger

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

american journal of critical care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1937-710X

pISSN - 1062-3264

DOI - 10.4037/ajcc2015856

Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , traumatic brain injury , incidence (geometry) , white blood cell , pneumonia , retrospective cohort study , emergency department , postoperative fever , head trauma , head injury , surgery , optics , physics , percutaneous , psychiatry

The role of fever in trauma patients remains unclear. Fever occurs as a response to release of cytokines and prostaglandins by white blood cells. Many factors, including trauma, can trigger release of these factors.

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