Does Atelectasis Cause Fever After Surgery? Putting a Damper on Dogma

JAMA Surg. 2019 May 1;154(5):375-376. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5645.

Authors

Joseph G Crompton¹, Peter D Crompton², Polly Matzinger^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
² Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland.
³ Ghost Lab, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland.

PMID: 30840058
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5645

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Fever / etiology*
Humans
Postoperative Complications*
Pulmonary Atelectasis / complications*
Risk Factors