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1. Evaluation of infection risk and antibiotic exposure in traumatic brain injury patients treated with therapeutic normothermia

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J. Jancik, J DeGrote, and B Heather

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Infection risk, medicine.medical_specialty, Neurological injury, Traumatic brain injury, business.industry, Antibiotic exposure, Length of hospitalization, medicine.disease, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency medicine, Poster Presentation, medicine, Risk factor, business
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the rate of confirmed infections, antibiotic exposure, and monitoring practices with normothermia protocol utilization for traumatic brain injury patients. Treatment and prevention of fever is a focus of therapy for patients with severe neurological injury as fever has been identified as an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality [1].

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2015

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