Postoperative fever in orthopedic and urologic surgery;Fiebre postoperatoria en cirugia ortopedica y urologica

Medicina

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Saavedra, Federico ^a,b   Myburg, Cristina ^a   Lanfranconi, Marisa B ^a   Urtasun, Martin ^a   Montes De Oca, Luis ^a   Silberman, Andres ^a   Lambiertos, Alberto ^a   Gnocchi, Cesar A ^a  

^a Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli   (Argentina)

^b Santorio Otamendi Miroli ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Non infectious fever; Post operative complications; Post operative fever; Post operative infections

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 42049105527     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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