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Suppurative Mediastinitis Secondary to Burkholderia Cepacia in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis

Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 215-218, 2006., 2006
Burkholderia cepacia is an important opportunistic pathogen among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF); it is associated with deterioration of lung function, poor outcome following lung transplantation and increased mortality. Fever, an elevated white blood cell count, weight loss and an often fatal deterioration in pulmonary function characterize a ...
Ronald B George, Yannick Cartier, Alan G Casson, Paul Hernandez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pyo‐Mediastinitis: A Complication of Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 170-172, 2003., 2003
A rare fatal case of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis complicated by mediastinal and visceral abscesses treated with antifungal medications is described. The case report discusses the potential need for early surgical intervention to drain mediastinal and visceral abscesses as a primary mode of therapy in disseminated coccidioidomycosis for a successful ...
Mohamed Y Rady, Arturo Lopez, Bhavesh M Patel, Joel S Larson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perforation of esofagic mucosa for enteric tube: case report [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study is a case report of a patient that was submitted to implant of enteric tube (ET) in the ICU, being evidenced false passage in proximal esophagus during endoscopic procedure, demonstrating tunnel for the submucosa ...
Falcão, Luiz Fernando dos Reis, Guimarães, Hélio Penna, Lopes, Renato Delascio, Omura, Felipe, Saes, Letícia Sandre Vendrame, Santos, Cynthia Clabunde dos   +5 more
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Venous access by intraosseous access in medical urgencies [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: First introduced in 1922, the intraosseous access technique was extensively used in the 1940's and revised in the 1980's.
Guimarães, Hélio Penna, Lane, John Cook   +1 more
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Maximum length of greater omentum pedicle flap through subcutaneous tunnel for long bones in dogs [PDF]

, 2010
Há tempo sabe-se que o omento humano pode promover atividade angiogênica em estruturas adjacentes nas quais ele é aplicado. Na medicina veterinária, são poucas as pesquisas com retalho pediculado de omento maior como indutor angiogênico e imunogênico ...
ALVES, Flávio Rocha, FERRIGNO, Cássio Ricardo Auada, ITO, Kelly Cristiane   +2 more
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Skeletonized left internal thoracic artery is associated with lower rates of mediastinitis in diabetic patients Artéria torácica interna esquerda esqueletizada é associada a menores taxas de mediastinite em diabéticos

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2011
BACKGROUND: Mediastinitis is a serious complication of median sternotomy and is associated to significant morbidity and mortality. Diabetes is a feared risk factor for mediastinitis and viewed with caution by cardiovascular surgeons.
Michel Pompeu Barros de Oliveira Sá, Evelyn Figueira Soares, Cecília Andrade Santos, Omar Jacobina Figueiredo, Renato Oliveira Albuquerque Lima, Rodrigo Renda Escobar, Fábio Gonçalves de Rueda, Paulo Ernando Ferraz, Ricardo Carvalho Lima   +8 more
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Myocardial Revascularization in Dyalitic Patients: In-Hospital Period Evaluation [PDF]

, 2014
Background:Coronary artery bypass grafting currently is the best treatment for dialytic patients with multivessel coronary disease, but hospital morbidity and mortality related to procedure is still high.Objective:Evaluate results and in-hospital ...
Branco, João Nelson Rodrigues, Buffolo, Enio, Fonseca, José Honório de Almeida Palma da, Hossne Junior, Nelson Americo, Juliano, Yara, Miranda, Matheus, Pestana, Jose Osmar Medina, Vargas, Guilherme Flora   +7 more
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Avaliação do Escore NNECDSG em um hospital público brasileiro Evaluation of the NNECDSG Score in a Brazilian public hospital

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2007
OBJETIVO: Comparar as incidências observadas de mediastinite e acidente vascular cerebral (AVC) versus as incidências esperadas pelo escore NNECDSG (Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group), em população submetida à cirurgia de ...
Tatiana Maia Jorge de Ulhôa Barbosa, Ricardo Nilsson Sgarbieri, Francisco F. Moreira Neto, Fabiano Ferreira Vieira, Gilberto de Araújo Pereira, Altino Vieira de Rezende Filho, Herbert Henrique Capuci, Rafael Meirelles   +7 more
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Risk factors for mediastinitis after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery Fatores de risco para mediastinite após cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Mediastinitis is a serious complication of median sternotomy and is associated to significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to identify risk factors for mediastinitis in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting ...
Michel Pompeu Barros de Oliveira Sá, Evelyn Figueira Soares, Cecília Andrade Santos, Omar Jacobina Figueiredo, Renato Oliveira Albuquerque Lima, Rodrigo Renda Escobar, Fábio Gonçalves de Rueda, Ricardo de Carvalho Lima   +7 more
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Disfunção de múltiplos órgãos causada por corpo estranho no esôfago [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2020
RESUMO Apresentamos o caso de uma paciente de 71 anos de idade admitida à unidade de terapia intensiva clínica em condição de falência de múltiplos órgãos.
Sasa Dragic, Pedja Kovacevic, Danica Momcicevic, Jovana Cavka, Tijana Kovacevic, Aleksandra Aleksic, Milka Jandric, Biljana Zljutro, Vlado Djajić   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources