Letters
Fever as nature’s engine
Some clinical data
BMJ 2010; 340 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c905 (Published 17 February 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c905- Gavin Barlow, consultant in infectious diseases and honorary senior lecturer1,
- Patrick Lillie, clinical research fellow2,
- Dilip Nathwani, honorary professor of infectious diseases3,
- Peter Davey, professor and lead clinician for clinical quality improvement4
- 1Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Cottingham, East Yorkshire HU16 5JQ
- 2Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN
- 3Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee DD1 9SY
- 4Division of Clinical and Population Sciences and Education, University of Dundee, Dundee DD2 4BF
- gavin.barlow{at}hey.nhs.uk
We read with interest recent letters on the potential benefit of fever in infection.1 2 In keeping with previously published data,3 we recently found that hypothermia (<36ºC) on admission to hospital was significantly associated with 30 day mortality in …
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