@article{JTD6366,
author = {Shohei Makino and Moritoki Egi},
title = {Acetaminophen for febrile patients with suspected infection: potential benefit and further directions},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Fever, increased body temperature, is a physiological expression of the host’s response to an infective (1) or non-infective pathology (2-6). Non-infective fever is common in critically ill patients, which includes ones related with post-surgical reaction, acute myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, acute pancreatitis, malignant tumor, post-transfusion reaction, transplant rejection and drug fever. Fever is also common in infective patients. In multicenter observational study, among the patients who developed body temperature equal or more than 38.5 ℃, approximately 63% of patients were diagnosed as sepsis (7).},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/6366}
}