Fever and systemic inflammatory response syndrome after retrograde intrarenal surgery: Risk factors and predictive model

In conclusion, high stone burden, long surgical time, positive stone culture, high pre-operative CRP and the presence of diabetes mellitus was could increase the risk of fever or SIRS after RIRS for kidney stone. The constructed nomograms could help clinicians in evaluating the risk for post-operative infectious complications.
Source: The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research