Table 1.

Clinical features of fever group.

Variables	N = 204
Inflammatory response
Elevation of WBC count (n [%])	97 (47.6)
Elevation of Serum CRP (n [%])	46 (22.6)
Blood culture positive (n [%])	2 (0.1)
Treatment after fever
Observation and physical cooling (n [%])	45 (22.1)
Antibiotics use (n [%])	159 (77.9)
Postoperative duration fever days, median (IQR)	1 (1–1)
Highest body temperature (°C), median (IQR)	38.1 (37.8–38.8)
Need for surgery (n [%])	1 (0.5)
Mortality (n [%])	0 (0)

WBC, white blood cell count; CRP, C-reactive protein; IQR, interquartile range.