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Table The patients' cause of admission

From: Determination of fever in intensive care unit

  

Febrile

Non-febrile

  

Blood culture

 

Diagnoses

Number

(+)

(-)

 

Organophosphate intox.

5

1

1

3

Multiple trauma

9

3

4

2

Myocardial infarction

3

-

2

1

Major abdominal surgery

7

4

2

1

Pneumonia

9

3

3

3

Renal insufficiency

2

-

-

2

Drug intoxications

7

-

3

4

Neurological events

6

2

1

3

HELLP syndrome

2

1

-

1

 

50

14

16

20