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Perioperative management of complications: Fever, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Thromboembolic, Urinary Tract, Gastrointestinal, Wound, and Operative Site Complications; Neurologic Injury; Psychological Sequelae
Key points Postoperative febrile morbidity is related to infection in approximately 20% of cases and noninfectious causes in 80% of cases. Infection in older adults will not always present with classic findings. The amount of temperature elevation may not reflect…