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This review outlines a structured approach to evaluating postoperative fever in cardiac surgery patients, detailing diagnostic and management considerations for various infectious and noninfectious etiologies.
This review outlines a structured approach to evaluating and managing infectious and noninfectious causes of fever following cardiac surgery.
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May guide clinicians in differentiating causes of post-cardiac surgery fever; leaves open the need for prospective validation of this approach.
Fever following cardiac surgery is common and may be infectious or noninfectious in etiology. In this article, we review the major causes of postoperative fever while highlighting special considerations in cardiac surgery patients. We also outline a structured approach to evaluation and present an overview of diagnostic and management considerations for mediastinitis, postpericardiotomy syndrome, prosthetic valve endocarditis, aortic vascular graft infections, and ventricular assist device infections.
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Rhee et al. (2014) conducted a review in Fever and infections following cardiac surgery. This review outlines a structured approach to evaluating postoperative fever in cardiac surgery patients, detailing diagnostic and management considerations for various infectious and noninfectious etiologies.
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