Table 4.
Multivariate regression analysis of factors predicting postoperative fever.
| Variable | HR | P value | 95% CI |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower limit | Upper limit | |||
| Cranial surgery | 1.824 | 0.042 | 1.076 | 17.142 |
| Duration of surgery | 1.080 | 0.013 | 1.020 | 1.141 |
| Urinary catheter beyondDay 3 | 8.403 | 0.006 | 1.824 | 38.461 |
| Wound drain beyondDay 3 | 6.944 | 0.012 | 1.538 | 31.25 |
| Preoperative fever | 0.548 | 0.622 | 0.050 | 5.975 |
| Blood transfusion | 1.973 | 0.429 | 0.366 | 10.622 |
| Postoperative invasive ventilation | 0.205 | 0.125 | 0.027 | 1.554 |
| EVD | 0.634 | 0.681 | 0.073 | 5.545 |
| Steroids beyond day 3 | 0.595 | 0.672 | 0.054 | 6.585 |