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case_images: Course of body temperature and clinical events.. Notes: Pyrexia was not seen on the day of admission. On postoperative day 2, body temperature suddenly rose. Thereafter, pyrexia was controlled with daily administrations of acetaminophen. Three days after discharge, severe pain in both shoulders and morning stiffness suddenly occurred. Body temperature was controlled by daily acetaminophen administration and remained normal after switching to prednisolone.. Abbreviation: P, prednisolone; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.
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case_images: However, a moderate fever developed 2 days after surgery (Figure 1), though there were no other symptoms such as fatigue, pain, or physical findings including surgery scar redness, joint swelling, or eruption. When given acetaminophen as rescue, the fever declined, though emerged again and rose to 38 C on postoperative day 6 (Figure 1).