Increased Postoperative Febrile Response in Children With Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) often require operative management to correct limb and spinal deformities. The authors reviewed the postoperative courses of 22 children with OI and compared the febrile responses of these children with those of matched subgroups within a published historical control (8). The subgroups were matched for perioperative conditions including the magnitude of surgery, estimated intraoperative blood loss, …