mediastinitis

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• Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is a serious disease, and early diagnosis and treatment may lower the high mortality rate associated with it.

  Academic text (2004)

• Infectious mediastinitis is a relatively common but potentially devastating complication occurring after cardiac operations that are performed through median sternotomy.

  Academic text (2007)

• The ideal surgical approach to mediastinitis is still controversial.

  Academic text (2004)

• Six patients, including four who had mediastinitis, required reoperation:

  Academic text (2004)

• Mediastinitis was evident in 15 of the 21 patients; 13 also had an abscess.

  Academic text (2004)

• Severe postoperative complications occurred in 8 patients, including 6 who had mediastinitis.

  Academic text (2004)

• No definitive treatment for descending necrotizing mediastinitis has been clearly established.

  Academic text (2004)

• Four patients (all with mediastinitis) required assisted ventilation following surgery.

  Academic text (2004)

• Antibiotic prophylaxis may reduce the incidence of mediastinitis and deep neck abscess.

  Academic text (2006)

• A 71-year-old male patient was admitted with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis two months after coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Academic text (2007)

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