Early postoperative fever and the "routine" fever work-up: Results of a prospective study

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Lesperance, Richard ^a   Lehman, Ryan ^a   Lesperance, Kelly ^a   Cronk, Daniel ^b   Martin, Matthew ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation; fever; infection; postoperative; surgical

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE FEVER; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054689632     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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