Postoperative hyperglycemia is associated with mediastinitis following pediatric cardiac surgery

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1202-1207

  Ghafoori, A Fawad ^a   Twite, Mark D ^a   Friesen, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Hyperglycemia; Mediastinitis; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 55149110909     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02808.x     Document Type: Article

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