Surgicel packing and an erroneous diagnosis of mediastinitis in a neonate

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-118

  Alves Júnior, Lafaiete ^a   Vicente, Walter Villela Andrade ^a   Ferreira, César Augusto ^a   Manso, Paulo Henrique ^a   Arantes, Lidiane Ramos ^a   Pinheiro, Karina Simonelly ^a   Luciano, Paula Menezes ^a   Rodrigues, Alfredo José ^a   Evora, Paulo Roberto Barbosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Cellulose, oxidized adverse effects chemistry; Diagnosis, differential; Foreign body reaction etiology pathology surgery; Postoperative complications pathology; Reoperation; Surgical wound infection ultrasonography; Surgicel

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CELLULOSE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CELLULOSE, OXIDIZED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 77950397761     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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