Pyrexia after cardiac surgery: Natural history and association with infection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1013-1017

  Lim, Eric ^a,b   Motalleb Zadeh, Reza ^a   Wallard, Matthew ^a   Misra, Nikhil ^a   Akowuah, Enoch ^a   Ahmed, Ishtiaq ^a   Halstead, James C ^a   Murphy, Fiona ^a   Foweraker, Juliet ^a   Tsui, Steven ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0142151683     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00363-5     Document Type: Article

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