In this episode, we discuss the evaluation of fever in the adult ICU patient. We discuss updates from the recently published Society of Critical Care Medicine and Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical guidelines. My guest is Dr. Andre Kalil, a critical care and infectious disease physician. Dr. Kalil is a Professor in the Division of Infectious Disease and Director of Transplant Infectious Disease at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). A renowned clinician, educator, and researcher, Dr. Kalil has received many distinctions, including the 2021 Scientist Laureate Award at UNMC. Dr. Kalil is an author of the 2023 Society of Critical Care Medicine and The Infectious Disease Society of America Guidelines for Evaluating New Fever in Adult Patients in the ICU.

Additional Resources:

Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for Evaluation New Fever in Adult Patients in the ICU. Crit Care Medicine 2023.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37902340/

Executive Summary: Guidelines for Evaluating New Fever in Adult Patients in the ICU. Crit Care Medicine 2023.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37902339/

Guidelines for the evaluation of new fever in critically ill adult patients: 2008 Update. Crit Care Medicine 2008/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18379262/

Books mentioned in this episode:

Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio. By Jeffrey Kluger

https://www.amazon.com/Splendid-Solution-Jonas-Conquest-Polio/dp/0425205703/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1702571365&sr=8-2