Practical points in the evaluation postoperative fever.
The finding of an elevated temperature in the PACU or ambulatory surgical unit in and of itself is not the challenge facing either the patient or the nurse. The challenge is in the interpretation of the finding, the outcomes of the alterations in temperature, and the physiologic sequellae that accompany the elevation.
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University of New Mexico, College of Nursing, Albuquerque 87131, USA.
D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D012307:Risk Factors