Background: Fever is a common response to both infectious and non-infectious physiologic insults in the critically ill, and in certain populations it appears to be protective. Fever is particularly common in trauma patients, and even more so in those with infections. The relationship between fever, trauma status, and mortality in patients with an infection is unclear.

中文翻译：

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发烧与创伤和外科重症监护室获得性感染的死亡率降低有关

背景：发热是危重病人对感染性和非感染性生理损伤的常见反应，在某些人群中，它似乎具有保护作用。发烧在创伤患者中尤为常见，在感染患者中更是如此。感染患者的发热、创伤状态和死亡率之间的关系尚不清楚。