Postoperative fever after liver resection: Incidence, risk factors, and characteristics associated with febrile infectious complication.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the incidence and risk factors of postoperative fever (POF) after liver resection. In patients with POF, predictors of febrile infectious complications were determined.

Methods

A total of 797 consecutive patients undergoing liver resection from January 2015 to December 2019 were retrospectively investigated. POF was defined as body temperature ≥ 38.0°C in the postoperative period. POF was characterized by time of first fever, the highest temperature, and frequency of fever. The Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM) classification was used to stratify surgical difficulty, from grade I (low), grade II (intermediate) to grade III (high). Postoperative leukocytosis was defined as a 70% increase of white blood cell count from the preoperative value. Multivariat

SUBMITTER: Lai HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8758093 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature