Is Fever Protective in Surgical Patients with Bloodstream Infection?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 815-821

  Swenson, Brian R ^a   Hedrick, Traci L ^a   Popovsky, Kimberley ^a   Pruett, Timothy L ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247536206     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.033     Document Type: Article

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