Aetiology with respect to different pathologies
Causes include:
- postoperative atelectasis
- postoperative pneumonia
- wound infection
- intravenous phlebitis
- urinary tract infection
- prostitis
- gout
- central line sepsis
- parotitis
- drug reaction
- transfusion reaction
- non-haemolytic transfusion reactions
- febrile transfusion reactions
- complications of specific operations, for example pericarditis after cardiac surgery
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