dc.contributor.author | Gakuu, LN | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-31T09:06:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-31T09:06:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 1997 Aug;74(8):530-2 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9487422 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/28220 | |
dc.description.abstract | The causes of post operative pyrexia in an orthopaedic unit was studied prospectively in 520 patients who underwent surgery. Two hundred patients (38.4%) developed postoperative pyrexia as defined by having recorded high temperatures of over 38 degrees C on two occasions within 24 hours (excluding the first 24 hours post-operatively). The commonest causes of post-operative pyrexia were wound infection in 70 (13.4%), respiratory tract infections in 40 (7.6%) and malaria in 30 (5.7%) patients, while other causes were urinary tract infection in 20 (3.8%), thrombophlebitis in 15 (2.8%) and deep vein thrombosis in 15 (2.8%) of the patients; while ten (1.9%) patients had pyrexia of undetermined cause despite exhaustive clinical and laboratory workup. The other associated conditions in patients who developed pyrexia were diabetes mellitus in 20 (3.8%), HIV seropositivity and malignancy in 30 (5.7%) and six (1.1%) patients, respectively. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Post-operative pyrexia in an orthopaedic unit. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | en |