Risk factors for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 676-683

  Abboud, Cely Saad ^a,b   Wey, Sergio Barsanti ^a   Baltar, Valeria Trancoso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0442308026     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01523-6     Document Type: Article

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