How do you evaluate postoperative fever?

I think you're going to enjoy this video that takes you through all of the steps in thinking about post operative fever. There are simple causes, there are some myths and there are life threatening causes of post operative fever.

What questions do you ask in your history?

What do you look for in your physical exam?

What diagnostic tests do you order?

When you have those questions figured out, what are the life threatening causes of post operative fever?

And what are the more common causes that need prompt diagnosis and treatment?


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MUST HAVE SURGERY BOOKS
Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy [ Ссылка ]
Netter's Anatomical Atlas [ Ссылка ]
Schwartz Principles of Surgery [ Ссылка ]
Fischer's Mastery of Surgery [ Ссылка ]
Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations [ Ссылка ]
Top Knife (MUST MUST HAVE) [ Ссылка ]


If you haven't had a chance to check out the first two videos I highly recommend you do it right after you watch this one! You can find them here:

Fever Part 1: Why do we get Fever? - [ Ссылка ]

Fever Part 2: The Timing and Differential Diagnosis of Fever - [ Ссылка ]


In this final video of the fever series we're going to cover all of these questions and more. I'm confident you're going to be comfortable evaluating post operative fever and understanding the important clinical findings and decisions that need to be made.


Check out these AMAZING timestamps and fast forward if you need to:

Start 00:00
Post Operative Fever is a Range 01:06
Patterns of Post Operative Fever 02:06
Reviewing the 9 Ws 03:30
Taking the History in Post Operative Fever 04:03
Performing a Physical Exam in Post Operative Fever 06:05
Diagnostic Tests in Post Operative Fever 08:35
Alarming Causes of Post Operative Fever 12:24
Common Causes in Post Operative Fever 17:24
Summary 19:58


We're going to cover a few clinical cases as well and at the bottom of the description I'll put the answers so you can check yourself!


REFERENCES
Post Op Fevers StatPearls [ Ссылка ]
Fever in the Surgical Patient [ Ссылка ]
Alcohol Withdrawal Score [ Ссылка ]


WHO AM I?
I'm Dr. Erik Pearson, FACS and I am a board certified pediatric surgeon living in Las Vegas. I make surgical education videos on all topics in general surgery as well as talks on lifestyle design as a surgeon, book reviews, and studying effectively. I also write a weekly newsletter called the Saturday Six where I identify Six different discoveries of the week. You can get the weekly newsletter by signing up to the CITIZENSURGEON Community!

DISCLAIMER
While my aim is to help educate you for the ward, the surgical ICU, the operating room and your exams remember these videos are not a replacement for your reading, your medical school and residency preparation and most important your own decision making. If you have medical questions definitely consult a medical professional. Good luck and enjoy!

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