Surgery

Research findings from Cleveland Clinic update understanding of surgery

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, July 10th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "This study was designed to evaluate the yield and cost of fever evaluations in average-risk inpatients after elective colorectal surgery. A 12-month, retrospective study was performed on patients who developed a postoperative fever >= 38 degrees C after elective colorectal surgery."

"A positive fever evaluation was defined as a blood culture, urine culture, chest x-ray, or abdominal CT result that led to a change in patient management. Logistic regression, Fisher's exact test, and chi-squared test were used; odds ratios were calculated. Of 133 patients, 26 percent had a positive evaluation. Blood culture, urine...

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