mediastinitis/albumin

BACKGROUND An attempt to find a prediction method of death risk in patients affected by acute mediastinitis. There is not such a tool described in available literature for that serious disease. METHODS The study comprised 44 consecutive cases of acute mediastinitis. General anamnesis and biochemical

We analyzed the treatment of a recent group of patients with life-threatening acute posterior mediastinitis due to esophageal perforation to elucidate common factors in successful treatment. Life-threatening acute posterior mediastinitis due to esophageal perforation was diagnosed in 16 patients

We present the second draft of a consensus-assisted protocol on the adjuvant treatment after cardiac surgery with immunoglobulins of mediastinitis. CLINICAL PHASE: Phase III. OBJECTIVE Placebo-controlled investigation of the clinical efficacy of Pentaglobin (Biotest, Germany) as an added treatment

Multiple venous collateral pathways have been described in patients with superior vena cava obstruction. Systemic venous-to-pulmonary venous communication is the most unusual, having been described in a few cases of thoracic malignancy. In a patient with fibrosing mediastinitis radionuclide

The parameters of endogenous intoxication (EI) were studied in patients with purulent mediastinitis (PM). The integral index of E1--the coefficient C(EI) that included the relative indices (as to the normal values) of the total and effective concentrations of albumin, medium molecular-weight

Twenty cases of mediastinitis after coronary artery bypass graft operations in 1985-1987 were reviewed to determine risk factors. Two distinct clusters with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain occurred in 1986. One resident was exposed to six cases but to only 5 of 24

BACKGROUND Monitoring of biochemical markers of inflammation in acute mediastinitis (AM) can be useful in the modification of treatment. This study was a retrospective evaluation of selected biochemical parameters with negative impact on the prognosis in surgically treated patients. METHODS There

This study attempts to find a prediction method of death risk in patients with acute mediastinitis (AM). There is no such tool described in available literature for this serious disease. The study comprised 37 consecutive cases of iatrogenic AM. General anamnesis and biochemical data were included.

BACKGROUND Sternal reconstruction with vascularized flaps is central to the management of sternal wound infections and mediastinitis but carries a high risk of complications. There is a need to identify reliable predictors of complication risk to help inform patients and clinicians in preparation

OBJECTIVE To determine the cause of a coagulase-negative staphylococcal outbreak and to identify risk factors for surgical-site infections among patients following Medtronic Freestyle bioprosthesis implantation. METHODS Retrospective case-control study. METHODS An 800-bed university referral

BACKGROUND Placement of self-expanding stents is an effective palliation for dysphagia in non-resectable oesophageal or proximal gastric cancer. The aim of this analysis was to assess the efficacy of temporary stent placement for dysphagia relief during neo-adjuvant treatment for locally advanced

A young man with severe multiple injuries following a motorcycle accident was admitted with head and mandible fractures, coma, fracture dislocation at C5-C6 resulting in total leg paralysis, partial paralysis of the right arm and intercostal muscles, and closed chest injury with possible pulmonary

OBJECTIVE The current study aims to determine the correlation between nutritional status upon presentation and disease severity, as well as treatment and survival outcomes. METHODS Patients who were diagnosed with deep neck infection, underwent at least one surgical drainage/debridement, and had

OBJECTIVE Outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis was studied. METHODS Between January 1996 and August 2004, 49 consecutive hemodialysis patients [38 males and 11 females, mean age 60.0 years (range 47-74 years)] underwent CABG using