 Mediastinitis
"Mediastinitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inflammation of the mediastinum, the area between the pleural sacs.
| Descriptor ID |
D008480
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.846.187.790
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| Concept/Terms |
Mediastinitis- Mediastinitis
- Mediastinitides
- Mediastinum Inflammation
- Inflammation, Mediastinum
- Inflammations, Mediastinum
- Mediastinum Inflammations
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mediastinitis" by people in Profiles.
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Barker GM, O'Brien SM, Welke KF, Jacobs ML, Jacobs JP, Benjamin DK, Peterson ED, Jaggers J, Li JS. Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: a risk estimation model. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Mar; 89(3):843-50.
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Ghafoori AF, Twite MD, Friesen RH. Postoperative hyperglycemia is associated with mediastinitis following pediatric cardiac surgery. Paediatr Anaesth. 2008 Dec; 18(12):1202-7.
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MacIver RH, Stewart R, Frederiksen JW, Fullerton DA, Horvath KA. Topical application of bacitracin ointment is associated with decreased risk of mediastinitis after median sternotomy. Heart Surg Forum. 2006; 9(5):E750-3.
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Shapiro BP, Sprung J, Scott K, Arendt K, Krowka MJ, Afessa B. Cardiovascular collapse induced by position-dependent pulmonary vein occlusion in a patient with fibrosing mediastinitis. Anesthesiology. 2005 Sep; 103(3):661-3.
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Sielaff TD, Everett JE, Shumway SJ, Wahoff DC, Bolman RM, Dunn DL. Mycoplasma hominis infections occurring in cardiovascular surgical patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Jan; 61(1):99-103.
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Grover FL, Johnson RR, Marshall G, Hammermeister KE. Impact of mammary grafts on coronary bypass operative mortality and morbidity. Department of Veterans Affairs Cardiac Surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg. 1994 Mar; 57(3):559-68; discussion 568-9.
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Boyle EM, Burdine J, Bolman RM. Successful treatment of Mycoplasma mediastinitis after heart-lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1993 May-Jun; 12(3):508-12.
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