Acute mediastinitis: Difference between revisions
From WikiLectures
(Translation by Tuan Linh Nguyen/Meilith from https://www.wikiskripta.eu/index.php?title=Akutn%C3%AD_mediastinitida&curid=22146) |
|||
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
|type = book | |type = book | ||
|surname1 = DÍTĚ | |surname1 = DÍTĚ | ||
|name1 = | |name1 = Petr | ||
|others = ano | |others = ano | ||
|title = Vnitřní lékařství | |title = Vnitřní lékařství | ||
Revision as of 10:07, 15 November 2020
thumb|right|Anatomie mediastina Acute mediastinal inflammation is a serious disease with high lethality (approximately 50%).
- Usually as a result of oesophagus perforation (endoscopic procedures, tumours), rarely complications of pneumonia/inflammation of the mediastinal nodes (or lung abscess, empyema) or even as a complication of maxillofacial inflammation.
The clinical picture
- fever with retrosternal pain,
- in esophageal perforation dysphagia + subcutaneous emphysema,
- X-ray : dilation of mediastinum, ev. with pleural effusion + mediastinal emphysema.
Therapy
- ATB iv, mediastinal drainage.
References
Related Articles
References
- DÍTĚ, Petr. Vnitřní lékařství. 2nd edition. Prague : Galén, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7262-496-6.
