Fever evaluations after colorectal surgery: identification of risk factors that increase yield and decrease cost

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-513

  Da Luz Moreira, A ^a   Vogel, J D ^a   Kalady, M F ^a   Hammel, J ^a   Fazio, V W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Fever; Rectum; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELLULITIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43049097817     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9183-2     Document Type: Article

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