Mediastinitis Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, Risks, and Management

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 493-499

  Keib, Carrie N ^a   Pelham, Jodi C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Mediastinitis; Sternal wound infection

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORACOTOMY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; RISK FACTORS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 33846942976     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200611000-00015     Document Type: Article

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