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APRIL 12, 2024

New Guidelines for Addressing Fever in the ICU


Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition

by Marie Rosenthal, MS

What is the best way to measure temperature in an ICU patient with new-onset fever? Should the patient receive antipyretics? Should you assume the patient has an infection? Naomi P. O’Grady, MD, FCCM, FIDSA, answered these and other questions addressed in the recent fever guidelines during the 2024 Critical Care Congress, in Phoenix.

“Not all febrile episodes require an aggressive