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Comment
. 2012 Dec 12;16(2):119.
doi: 10.1186/cc11237.

Good and bad fever

Jean-Marc Cavaillon  1
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Good and bad fever

Jean-Marc Cavaillon. Crit Care. .

Abstract

Fever is considered a key actor of innate immunity aimed to fight infection. A new investigation reports an association of the use of antipyretic drugs with poorer outcome among patients with sepsis. In contrast, high temperature in non-infectious intensive care patients is associated with higher mortality.

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