Postoperative fever after hemispherectomy: The role of non-infectious factors

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 340-343

  de Almeida, Antonio Nogueira ^a   Marino Jr , Raul ^a   Aguiar, Paulo Henrique ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Fever; Hemispherectomy; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; INFECTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLOTS AND CURVES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEVER; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33744525594     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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