Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 91-96 , April 2007

Intensive care unit management of fever following traumatic brain injury

  • Hilaire J. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, The University of Washington, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, The University of Washington, Box 357266, Seattle, WA 98195-7266, United States. Tel.: +1 206 616 5641; fax: +1 206 543 4771.
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  • Catherine J. Kirkness

      Affiliations

    • Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, The University of Washington, United States
    • ,
  • Pamela H. Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Washington, United States

,Accepted 15 November 2006.

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PII: S0964-3397(06)00142-X

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.11.005

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 91-96 , April 2007

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