Journal article
Perioperative fever and outcome in surgical patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
MM Todd, BJ Hindman, WR Clarke, JC Torner, JB Weeks, EO Bayman, Q Shi, CM Spofford, K Chaloner, P Davis, M Howard, D Tranel, L Moss, J Winn, M Wichman, R Peters, M Hansen, D Anderson, J Lang, B Yoo Show all
Neurosurgery | Published : 2009
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°C-37°C) or hypothermia (32.5°C-33.5°C). Fever (≥38.5°C) and other complications (including infections) occurring between admission and discharge (or death) were recorded. Functional and neuropsychologic outcomes were assessed 3 months postoperatively. The primary outcome variable for the tr..
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Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Funding Acknowledgements
Michael M. Todd was supported by the NINDS grant RO1 NS38554 to MMT. The other authors have no personal financial or institutional interest in any of the drugs, materials, or devices described in this article.