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15366690

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
Mediastinitis is a dreaded complication of CABG surgery. Short-term outcomes have been described, but there have been only a few long-term studies. We examined the survival of patients undergoing isolated CABG surgery between 1992 and 2001. Mediastinitis was identified during the index admission. Proportional hazards regression was used to calculate adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI 95%). Among 36,078 consecutive patients, there were 5749 deaths during 148,319 person years of follow-up. There were 418 cases of mediastinitis (1.16%). The incidence of death was 11.15 per 100 person/years with mediastinitis and 3.81 deaths/100 person years without. (P < 0.001). We also examined the mortality rates of patients who survived at least 6 months after their CABG surgery. Patients with mediastinitis had an incidence rate of 5.70 deaths per 100 person/years while those without had a rate of 2.66 deaths per 100 person/years (P < 0.001). After adjustment for baseline differences in patient and disease characteristics, the hazard ratio was 2.12 (CI95% = 1.86,2.58; P < 0.001). The adjusted hazard ratios for patients who survived 6 months postsurgery was 1.70 (CI95% = 1.36,2.13; P < 0.001). Mediastinitis is associated with a marked increase in both acute and long-term mortality rates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1043-0679
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
70-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
10-year follow-up of patients with and without mediastinitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't