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When taking care of patients in the post-operative period, you’re going to be watching them closely for any signs of complications...including a fever. 

In this podcast episode, we’ll talk about “The Five Ws” of post-op fever...wind, water, walking, wound and wonder drugs. What’s all this mean? Pop in your ear buds and find out!


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