Mediastinitis after aorto-coronary bypass surgery

OBJECTIVES: To identify risk factors in 60 cases of mediastinitis amongst 2512 patients (2.3%) subjected to isolated coronary bypass surgery from March 1988 through December 1995, treated by a closed irrigation/drainage system. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The mean age of the 60 patients was 56.9 +/- 6.8 y...

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Main Author: Antunes, PE (author)
Other Authors: Bernardo, JE (author), Eugénio, L (author), Oliveira, JF (author), Antunes, MJ (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Bypass da Artéria Coronária
Mediastinite
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/929
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/929

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/929

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