In-hospital post-operative fever after posterior spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis in non-ambulatory cerebral palsy patients: is there value for clinical workup for an isolated fever?

Non-ambulatory CP children with NMS undergoing PSF have a 75.4% rate of developing early post-operative fevers. Reflexive fever work-ups provided limited clinical utility while increasing the hospital length of stay and potentially exposing patients to antibiotic-related complications.