Risk Factors for Postoperative Mediastinitis After Open Heart Surgery

At the Cardiac Surgery Department of the Akdeniz University Hospital, between 1993 and 1999, postoperative mediastinitis developed in 20 of 1476 patients who had underwent open-heart surgery; the incidence was found to be 13%. These cases were analyzed in a case-control study designed to identify ri...

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Main Authors: Dilara İNAN, Rabin SABA, İlhan GÖLBAŞI, İsa AK, Cengiz TÜRKAY, Latife MAMIKOĞLU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 2002-03-01
Series:Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2002-7-1-057-062.pdf