“THE STUDY TO ASSESS AN INCIDENCE OF FEVER IN POST-OPERATIVE PATIENTS ADMITTED IN SURGICAL ICU AT NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, DHARAMPETH, NAGPUR.”

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Postoperative fever is one of the most common problems seen in the postoperative ward. Most cases of fever immediately following surgery are self-limiting. The appearance of postoperative fever is not limited to specic types of surgery. Fever can occur immediately after surgery and seen to be related directly to the operation or may occur sometime after the surgery as a result of an infection at the surgical site or infections that involve organs distant from the surgery. Objectives: To study the common causes of post operative fever in general surgery patients. To study the correlation between the cause and the day of onset of fever. To study the risk factors associated with post operative fever. Material and Method: In this study Descriptive Research Design was used. The samples were 30 Post operative patients which fulls inclusion criteria. Setting of the study was surgical ICU, National cancer Institute, Dharampeth, Nagpur. RESULTS:-The result of this study shows that There 6 patients in the age group of 41yrs to 60 yrs having increase WBC count. Fisher exact test statistic value is 0.0449. The result is signicant at p < .05. so the post operative fever is signicantly associated with gender of the patient, Types of surgery and increase WBC count in Patient.