Descending mediastinitis: A review

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 285-290

  Inaco Cirino, Luis Marcelo ^a   Elias, Fernando Melhem ^a   de Almeida, José Luiz Jesus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental focal infection; Infection; Mediastinitis; Mediastinum; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING MEDIASTINITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FISTULA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALNUTRITION; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH INFECTION; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION NECROSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STERNOTOMY; STEROID THERAPY; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846811727     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802006000500011     Document Type: Review

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