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Table 2 Detailed etiologies for prolonged fever

From: Risk factors and outcomes for prolonged versus brief fever: a prospective cohort study

Causes

 

Infectious

 

   Ventilator-associated pneumonia

24a

   Intraabdominal infectionb

13

   Catheter-related infectionc

6

   Postoperative mediastinitis

5

   Urinary

4

   Sinusitis

3

   Wounds

3

   Othersd

12

Noninfectious

 

   Neurologic

19

   Thrombosis

4

   Medications

1

   Otherse

3

Unknown

6

Mixed causes

 

   Infectious

10

   2

9

   3

1

   Infectious and noninfectious

4

  1. Values are expressed as etiologies per patient. aOne patient experienced two episodes of ventilator-associated pneumonia; ventilator-associated pneumonia, n = 25. bPostoperative peritonitis, n = 10; intraabdominal abscess, n = 1; pancreatitis, n = 1; and colitis, n = 1. cCentral venous catheter, n = 5, and arterial catheter, n = 1. dProsthetic infection, n = 2; cellulitis, n = 2; viral, n = 2; aspiration, n = 2; empyema, n = 1; Lyell syndrome, n = 1; endocarditis, n = 1; and pharyngeal abscess, n = 1. eHemophagocytic syndrome, n = 1; hematoma resorption, n = 1; and arthritis, n = 1.
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