Mediastinitis after aorto-coronary bypass surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 443-449

  Antunes, Pedro E ^a   Bernardo, João E ^a   Eugénio, Luís ^a   De Oliveira, J Ferrão ^a   Antunes, Manuel J ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Complications; Coronary surgery; Mediastinitis; Risk factors; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030928082     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00179-6     Document Type: Article

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