Postoperative fever: A normal inflammatory response or cause for concern

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 192-197

  Burke, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care; Advanced practice nurse (APN); Development; Guideline; Review; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ALGORITHMS; CAUSALITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953040863     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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