young_doc wrote:
I don't think a bacteremia that will cause such a high fever can occur "minutes" after surgery. Give those little bugs some time to replicate!!
It certainly is possible.
Bacteremia can occur within less than an hour of invasive procedures. (about 30-40 minutes).. It can happen with insturmentation of the urinary tract. You will see chills, and temperatures or more than 104F. You'll have to do blood cultures X3 and start empiric antibiotics.
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in Malignant hyperthermia you'll have: muscle rigidity, muscle soreness, acidosis, hyperkalemia, hyperuricemia, hyperphosphatemia, increased CPK, and you may have rhabdomyolysis and therefore dark urine. plus you may have pos family history.
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