August 21, 2008Open Access

Impact of Fever on Outcome in Patients With Stroke and Neurologic Injury

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In the pooled analyses covering 14431 patients with stroke and other brain injuries, fever is consistently associated with worse outcomes across multiple outcome measures.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d95dc65e5bcb4e3b835d04 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.108.521583

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