Sara E Hocker, Lin Tian, Guangxi Li, James M Steckelberg, Jay N Mandrekar, Alejandro A Rabinstein
IMPORTANCE: Fever is common in critically ill neurologic patients. Knowledge of the indicators of central fever may allow greater antibiotic stewardship in this era of rapidly developing super-resistant microorganisms. OBJECTIVE: To develop a model to differentiate central from infectious fever in critically ill neurologic patients with fever of an undetermined cause. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Retrospective data collection from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2010, at a 20-bed neurologic intensive care unit of a large teaching hospital...
December 2013: JAMA Neurology