Acute mediastinitis. What to do when the cause is nonsurgical.
Acute mediastinitis is a serious disease that requires prompt diagnosis and aggressive treatment. In each case, treatment should be individualized to the clinical presentation and suspected cause. The authors presented a general therapeutic scheme that may be used in the initial management of patients with acute mediastinitis from nonsurgical sources.
Friedman
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Division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey.
Pickul
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D000208:Acute Disease; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy