Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 281-288 , October 2007

Fever and standard monitoring parameters of ICU patients: A descriptive study

  • Panagiotis Kiekkas

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 76 Stratigou Konstantinopoulou Street, Aroi, Patras 263-31, Greece. Tel.: +30 2610 274072 (R)/999226 (O).
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  • Hero Brokalaki

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Evangelos Manolis

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Paraskevi Askotiri

      Affiliations

    • General University Hospital of Patras, Greece
    • ,
  • Maria Karga

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • George I. Baltopoulos

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece

,Accepted 4 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.04.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 281-288 , October 2007

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