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Author: David Rosenberg, M.D. Educational Pearls A study of 20,000 subjects found that reducing fever in sepsis did not improve outcomes such as morbidity, mortality, or length of stay. However, correcting fever may help for patient comfort. References: Zhang Z, Chen L, Ni H. Antipyretic Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: An Interaction with Body Temperature. Azevedo LCP, ed. PLoS ONE . 2015;10(3):e0121919. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121919.