Postoperative mediastinitis in cardiovascular surgery. analysis of1038 consecutive surgeries;Mediastinite no pós-operatório de cirurgia cardiovascular. Análise de 1038 cirurgias consecutivas

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-24

  de Oliveria Sá, Michel Pompeu Barros ^a   Silva, Débora Oliveira ^b   de Souza Lima, Érika Nibbering ^b   de Carvalho Lima, Ricardo ^c   Silva, Frederico Pires Vasconcelos ^d   de Rueda, Fábio Gonç ^c   de Escobar, Rodrigo Renda ^c   Cavalcanti, Paulo Ernando Ferraz ^e  

^a Divsion of Cardiovascular Surgery at PROCAPE   (Brazil)

^b PROCAPE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d Health College of Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Infection; Mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954241015     PISSN: 01027638     EISSN: 16789741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-76382010000100008     Document Type: Article

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