Does fever at the time of discharge have any impact on the incidence of readmission?

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1151-1153

  Barone, James E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57449111899     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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