Post-operative pyrexia in an orthopaedic unit

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 530-532

  Gakuu, L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031196064     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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