Normal postoperative febrile response in the pediatric orthopaedic population

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 497-501

  Merjanian, Raffi B ^a   Kiriakos, Carol R ^a   Dorey, Frederick J ^a   Apel, David M ^b   Oppenheim, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Orthopaedic Pediatric; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031697983     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199807000-00019     Document Type: Article

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