Pattern of postoperative pyrexia in Khartoum

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-80

  Fadl Alla, A I ^a   Fahal, A H ^a   Ahmed, M E ^a   Hassan, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLOROQUINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 0029974911     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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