Postoperative fever

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1141-1149

  Perlino, Carl A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; PYROGEN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034827392     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70369-2     Document Type: Article

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