Health Condition 1: S098- Other specified injuries of head
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients having fever episodes with history of traumatic brain injury Traumatic brain injury patients requiring mechanical ventilation. Body temperature more than 38 degree Celsius (100.94 degree Fahrenheit) at least for 2 consecutive days OR single episode of more than 39.5 degree Celsius (103.1 degree Fahrenheit)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: . Refusal to give consent . History of Malignant Hyperthermia , heat stroke , neuroleptic malignant syndrome and serotonin syndrome . Patient getting referred from other ICU facility . Patient with possible endocrine issues ( like pheochromocytoma , adrenal crisis , thyrotoxicosis ) . Immunocompromised / on chemotherapy/ neutropenic patients
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Analysis of the incidence of various causes of fever in Trauma ICU in traumatic brain injury patients.Timepoint: Within 28 days | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To analyze the association of various laboratory and clinical variables with the central fever in the patients of traumatic brain injury in Trauma ICU.Timepoint: Day1 ,Day3 and Day5 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Institute of Medical sciences, Banaras Hindu University