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Surgical Case Reports, 2021 Background Acute mediastinitis is a rare disease that rapidly progresses with a high mortality rate. Its most common cause is direct injury of the mediastinum, including iatrogenic causes such as cardiac surgery or upper endoscopy.
Yoko Zaitsu +6 more
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Economic Analysis of Children's Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Analysis. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundUnderstanding the economic value of health interventions is essential for policy makers to make informed resource allocation decisions. The objective of this systematic review was to summarize available information on the economic impact of ...
Ameh, Emmanuel A +6 more
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Cardiac Reoperation in a patient who previously underwent omentoplasty for postoperative mediastinitis: a case report [PDF]
, 2011 Sternal infection has become a rare but challenging problem with significant mortality and morbidity rates since the introduction of sternotomy. Reported rates of mediastinal and sternal infection range from 0.4% to 5%.
Mehmet S Bilal +4 more
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Aspergillus mediastinitis after cardiac surgery
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Background: Mediastinitis is a serious complication after cardiac surgery. While bacteria are the more common pathogens, fungal infections are rare. In particular, several cases of postoperative Aspergillus mediastinitis have been reported, the majority ...
Marie-Josée Caballero +8 more
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: minimally invasive thoracic surgical treatment [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To report a case series of patients with descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) who were treated with minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
Daud, Danilo Félix +5 more
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A case of Candida mediastinitis after dental extraction
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010 Acute mediastinitis is a serious infection involving the connective mediastinal tissue in the interpleural spaces and other thoracic structures. Candida albicans mediastinitis is a rare clinical entity associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Parisa Badiee +2 more
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Risk-prediction for postoperative major morbidity in coronary surgery [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: Analysis of major perioperative morbidity has become an important factor in assessment of quality of patient care. We have conducted a prospective study of a large population of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), to ...
Antunes, MJ, Antunes, PE, Oliveira, JF
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Respirology Case Reports, 2019 Although endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS‐TBNA) has been reported to be a minimally invasive and relatively safe procedure, mediastinitis is a serious complication related to the procedure.
Kana Kurokawa +5 more
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Odontogenic mediastinitis: intensive therapy experience (clinical observation)
Сибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2021 Mediastinitis as complications of traumas and esophagus perforations are ill-controlled and characterized with high mortality. Yet clinical characteristics and therapeutic controllability of contact odontogenic mediastinitis are not covered enough in ...
P. G. Sysolyatin +8 more
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Acute mediastinitis: multidetector computed tomography findings following cardiac surgery [PDF]
, 2008 Mediastinite pós-cirurgias torácicas é definida como a infecção dos órgãos e tecidos do espaço mediastinal, ocorrendo em 0,4% a 5% dos casos. A gravidade da infecção pós-operatória varia desde infecção de tecidos superficiais da parede torácica até ...
BAENA, Marcos Eduardo da Silva +5 more
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