Temperature

The temperature field is used to collect a patient's temperature.

The unit used is Celsius.

Refer to General Collection Guidelines for Apache II#When to collect, which value to use for how and when to collect this.

Data Integrity Rules

• (>=20 And <=43.5)

Discussion: Nov 20.08

• If cooling protocol is applied to a patient who has had cardiac arrest, what temperature do you take and include in your APACHE.TOstryzniuk 23:24, 21 November 2008 (CST)