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Secondary mediastinal infection

心胸外科

Common symptoms

休克、虚脱、心率增快、呼吸困难、剧痛、咳痰、捻发音、脓性分泌物

The pathology of disease

Secondary mediastinal infection is infection of mediastinum secondary to esophageal/tracheal perforation, surgery, or extension; life-threatening.

Symptoms

High fever; chest pain; dyspnea; mediastinal emphysema; sepsis

Causes

Esophageal perforation; post-sternotomy; extension from neck/lung.

Treatment

Urgent surgical drainage; broad-spectrum IV antibiotics; supportive

Dept

Thoracic surgery / infectious disease.

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