Assertion: postoperative fever | /r/HasProperty | ascribed to splinting
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Early postoperative fever (i.e., within the first 48 hours post-operatively) has often been ascribed to atelectasis, or splinting, but it is most likely part of a natural and non-infectious inflammatory response (with sympathetic nervous system involvement) to the tissue injury sustained during surgery; it generally requires no medical intervention except antipyretics and extra fluid intake.