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Evaluation of Evidence-Based Guideline for Fever Management of Critical Adult Patients with Brain Injury

Jung Min Lee

The goal of this study is to apply by a useful algorithm in clinical environments, verifying the effectiveness of the Evidence based guideline for fever management of critical adult patients with brain injury.This nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest experiments involved 48 patients aged ≥ 19 years who were admitted intensive care unit after surgery due to brain injury. Authors investigated the rate of patients with reduced fever, time to decrease fever the difference of neurological status when they discharge the ICU, between either with the algorithm for fever management or not was analyzed.contributing to better outcomes for critically ill patients.