Open AccessApproach to postoperative fever in pediatric cardiac patients
Author(s) -
Ajay Gupta,
Vishal Singh,
Amit Varma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.93714
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary bypass , cardiac surgery , hypothermia , postoperative fever , intensive care medicine , physical examination , anxiety , disease , surgery , anesthesia , percutaneous , psychiatry
Fever in the postoperative period in children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease is fairly common and tends to cause anxiety to both the surgeon and the patient. Such fever is associated with the metabolic response to trauma, systemic response to the cardiopulmonary bypass, hypothermia, presence of drainage tubes, drugs, blood transfusion as well as infections. Establishing the diagnosis requires proper assessment of the patient with focused history, targeted physical examination and judicious use of investigations with the knowledge of the common causes.