Association Between Postoperative Fever and Atelectasis in Pediatric Patients

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-363

  Kane, Jason M ^a   Friedman, Matthew ^b   Mitchell, J Bryan ^b   Wang, Deli ^b   Huang, Zhenling ^b   Backer, Carl L ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

infection; lung pathology; pediatric; postoperative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992786319     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135111403778     Document Type: Article

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