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Perioperative risk factors for mortality in mediastinitis following cardiac surgery [PDF]
BMC Cardiovascular DisordersObjective Mediastinitis is a rare but highly morbid and mortal complication of cardiac surgery. This study aims to examine the potential perioperative risk factors associated with mortality among patients who developed mediastinitis following cardiac ...
Haluk Caglar Karakaya +1 more
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Risk factors for mediastinitis and mortality in pneumomediastinum [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2022 Introduction: Pneumomediastinum (PM) is a self-limiting disease with a good prognosis. Mediastinitis is a rare but potentially fatal complication of PM. Identification of risk factors for mediastinitis is essential for better management. Methods: This is
Hülya Dirol, Hakan Keskin
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Secondary purulent mediastinitis clinical presentation: Features & treatment [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 The article describes the features of the clinical presentation of acute purulent secondary mediastinitis in 8 patients undergoing inpatient treatment in maxillofacial surgery of the Osh Interregional Joint Clinical Hospital.
Azimbayev N. M. +3 more
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Gaceta Médica de México, 2023 Introducción: La mediastinitis posterior a cirugía cardiovascular deriva en estancia hospitalaria prolongada e incremento de los costos de la atención médica, y se asocia a elevada letalidad hospitalaria.
María del C. Jiménez-González +2 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objectives: The aim of this study was to elaborate on and validate a score for the early diagnosis of mediastinitis after cardiothoracic surgery.
Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano +9 more
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Epidemiology of deep neck infection submitted to surgery in a portuguese tertiary hospital centre
Revista Portuguesa Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, 2023 Objective: Assess epidemiological data and clinical predictors of mediastinitis in deep neck infections (DNI) submitted to surgery. Study Design: Retrospective observational Methods: Data analysis of every DNI patient submitted to surgery from ...
João Viana Pinto +3 more
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Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2021 A review of the manual for physicians «Mediastinitis» published in 2020, written by the famous Russian surgeon and scientist Professor Mikhail Mikhailovich Abakumov, is presented.
I. M. Samokhvalov
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2017 Background: Mediastinitis is a severe surgical complication of low incidence, but high lethality. Scores used in the preoperative period to stratify the risk of postoperative mediastinitis may contribute to improve the results.
Fabiana dos Santos Oliveira +5 more
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An interesting case of mediastinitis
Clinical Management Issues, 2015 Mediastinitis is an inflammatory process; it can be either acute or chronic and it can advance rapidly. Causes of acute mediastinitis usually arise from perforation of the oesophagus or from contiguous spread of neck infections.
Cristina Pellissetto
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Hematogenous dissemination mediastinitis: case report
Infectio, 2021 Background: Acute mediastinitis is the inflammation of the connective tissue and fat surrounding the mediastinal structures. It is a high-mortality entity and its most frequent causes include sternotomy infections from cardiovascular surgery, esophageal ...
Carlos Mauricio Martínez-Montalvo
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