Journal article
PERIOPERATIVE FEVER AND OUTCOME IN SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH ANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined the incidence of perioperative fever and its relationship to outcome among patients enrolled in the Intraoperative Hypothermia for Aneurysm Surgery Trial.
METHODS: One thousand patients with initial World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grades of I to III undergoing clipping of intracranial aneurysms after subarachnoid hemorrhage were randomized to intraoperative normothermia (36 degrees C-37 degrees C) or hypothermia …
Authors
Todd MM; Hindman BJ; Clarke WR; Torner JC; Weeks JB; Bayman EO; Shi Q; Spofford CM
Journal
Neurosurgery, Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 897–908
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
May 2009
DOI
10.1227/01.neu.0000341903.11527.2f
ISSN
0148-396X