Jessica R Chorostecki, Nathan J Schneider, Sonja E Stutzman, DaiWai M Olson
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Abstract
Nurses play a vital role in the care of neurocritical patients. Fever is a common and dangerous occurrence, and there is a substantial lack of consistency in how to maintain normothermia in these patients. We present five cases in which patients were confirmed to have neurogenic fever (NF) and the documented interventions. In all five cases, temperature and interventions were not documented consistently, making it difficult to assess how nurses acted to avoid hyperthermia in these patients. Additional research is needed to determine interventions, processes, procedures, and documentation of NF in neurocritical patients.
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Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management is the first and only journal to cover all aspects of hypothermia and temperature considerations relevant to this exciting field, including its application in cardiac arrest, spinal cord and traumatic brain injury, stroke, burns, and much more. The Journal provides a strong multidisciplinary forum to ensure that research advances are well disseminated, and that therapeutic hypothermia is well understood and used effectively to enhance patient outcomes. Novel findings from translational preclinical investigations as well as clinical studies and trials are featured in original articles, state-of-the-art review articles, protocols and best practices.
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