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Clinical review: Fever in intensive care unit patients
Fever is a common response to sepsis in critically ill patients. Fever occurs when either exogenous or endogenous pyrogens affect the synthesis of prostaglandin E(2 )in the pre-optic nucleus. Prostaglandin E(2 )slows the rate of firing of warm sensitive neurons and results in increased body temperat...
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BioMed Central
2003
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC270667/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12793871 |