Mediastinitis after cardiovascular operations: A case-control study of risk factors

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-40

  Bitkover, Catarina Y ^a   Gårdlund, Bengt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STERNOTOMY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031929648     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01003-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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