Factors predisposing to median sternotomy complications: Deep vs superficial infection

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1173-1178

  Zacharias, Anoar ^a   Habib, Robert H ^a  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

mediastinitis; multivariate analysis; risk factors; univariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 0029817567     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.5.1173     Document Type: Article

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