Diagnosis and Management of Fever in ICU

Fever should induce significant diagnostic and therapeutic decisions in the intensive care unit. Fever in the ICU is defined, epidemiology, etiologies, diagnostic evaluation, and therapy are discussed. The pathophysiology of fever is discussed individually, as is the approach to fevers of unclear cause, neutropenic fever, and fever in immunocompromised hosts. (See 'Pathophysiology and treatment of fever in adults' and 'Approach to the adult with fever of unknown origin' and 'Etiologies of f...