Clinical manifestations and lethality of descending necrotizing mediastinitis;Manifestaciones clínicas y letalidad de la mediastinitis necrosante descendente

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-40

  Figueroa Damián, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Head and neck infections; Mediastinitis; Odontogenic abscess; Retropharyngeal abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COMBINATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECROSIS; PERIODONTITIS; PNEUMONIA; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PERIODONTAL ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0035235074     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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