PYREXIA IN HOSPITALIZED SPINAL-CORD INJURY PATIENTS

被引：33

作者：

BERALDO, PSS

NEVES, EGC

ALVES, CMF

KHAN, P

CIRILO, ACM

ALENCAR, MRB

机构：

[1] Hospital for Medicine of the Locomotor System (HMLS), SARAH, Brasilia

来源：

PARAPLEGIA | 1993年 / 31卷 / 03期

关键词：

FEVER; PYREXIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; MORBIDITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

D O I：

10.1038/sc.1993.35

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

To discover the frequency of pyrexia in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in the Hospital for Medicine of the Locomotor System (HMLS/SARAH), a review study was undertaken. For a period of 3 months, all new episodes of fever were recorded. During the study 221.3 patients/Month were observed. The age ranged from 14 to 60 years and time of lesion from 1 to 6,264 days: 85 patients were paraplegia or paraparetic, and 44 tetraplegic or tetraparetic. At the beginning of the study 10.8% of the patients had fever. During follow up, we observed a rate of 33.9 new incidences per 100 patients/Month. In 77.3% only one cause was identified, and in 8% no cause could be defined. The commonest causes were urinary tract infection (UTI) (44.3%), and soft tissue infections (11.4%). Frequent causes of fever in the acute stage other than UTI were complications related to the initial trauma and thromboembolic disease (p < 0.05). These results demonstrate the high incidence of fever in patients with SCI, in addition to providing a useful approach for diagnosis and management.

引用

页码：186 / 191

页数：6

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