ICU SAQs · Infection / general
New fever on day 5 of the ICU — the workup
A CICM SAQ on the ICU fever — the infectious (the VAP, the CRBSI, the CAUTI, the sinusitis) vs the non-infectious differential, the workup (the cultures, the imaging, the procalcitonin), and the judicious the management (the not the every fever the empiric).
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A ventilated patient develops a new fever (38.9) on the day 5 of the ICU. The BP and the urine output the normal. Discuss the workup and the management.
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A ventilated patient develops a new fever (38.9) on the day 5 of the ICU. The BP and the urine output the normal. Discuss the workup and the management.[1]
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- [1]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.