From: Risk factors and outcomes for prolonged versus brief fever: a prospective cohort study
Fever | ||||
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No fever (n = 142) | ≤ 5 days (n = 278) | > 5 days (n = 87) | P | |
Lengths of stay, days | ||||
ICU | 5 ± 4 | 10 ± 9 | 27 ± 24 | < 0.001 |
Hospital | 25 ± 30 | 27 ± 27 | 53 ± 42 | < 0.001 |
ICU mortality | 18 (13) | 53 (19) | 13 (15) | 0.38 |