Frequency and yield of postoperative fever evaluation

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 252-255

  Fanning, J ^a,b   Neuhoff, R A ^a   Brewer, J E ^a   Castaneda, T ^a   Marcotte, M P ^a   Jacobson, R L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b Division of Gynecologic Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Chest x ray; Postoperative fever; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; FEMALE; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; URINE;

EID: 0032438554     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1998)6:6<252::AID-IDOG6>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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