Acute mediastinitis: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:08, 18 February 2022

Anatomy of the mediastinum

Acute mediastinitis' is a serious disease with a high lethality (approximately 50%).

Usually a consequence of perforation of the oesophagus (endoscopic procedures, tumours), rarely a complication of pneumonia/mediastinitis (possibly lung abscess, empyema) or even as a complication of coemphysitis.

Clinical picture

Fever with retrosternal pain,
with esophageal perforation dysphagia + subcutaneous emphysema,
X-ray: enlargement of mediastinum, ev. with pleural effusion + mediastinal emphysema.

Therapy

ATB i.v., mediastinal drainage.

References

References used

{{#switch: book

|book =

  Incomplete publication citation. , et al. Internal Medicine. Galén, 2007. 2; 978-80-7262-438-6.

|collection =

  Incomplete citation of contribution in proceedings. , et al. Internal Medicine. Galén, 2007. 2; {{
  #if: 978-80-7262-496-6 |978-80-7262-438-6} }
  |article = 
  Incomplete article citation.  , et al. 2007, year 2007,

|web =

  Incomplete site citation. , et al. Galén, ©2007.

|cd =

  Incomplete carrier citation. , et al. Galén, ©2007.

|db =

  Incomplete database citation. Galén, ©2007.

|corporate_literature =

  , et al. Internal Medicine. Galén, 2007. 2; 978-80-7262-438-6} }

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-! ------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- --------------
+ <!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-* INSERTED ARTICLE
-* Attention - this article is used by other articles in which it is inserted. Please be careful when editing it:
-* 1. Do not delete <noinclude> </noinclude> statements. Indicates parts of the article that are not transmitted when pasting.
-* 2. Do not change the levels of the headings used. Reckless use of higher-level headings could obscure other articles.
-* 3. Extensive editing, extension or shortening of the article could disrupt the concept of other articles. Discuss the changes in a discussion.
-* For a list of articles in which this article is inserted, see the list of referring articles under the "References here" link.
-*
-* Please do not delete this comment. In case of any ambiguity, contact the editors (redakce@wikiskripta.eu)
-*
-* This warning is inserted by the template <!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *  INSERTED ARTICLE
 *  Warning – this article is used in other articles where it is inserted. If you are changing this article, you are changing other articles at the same moment. Please, be careful when you are editing it:
@@ Line 20: / Line 10: @@
 *
 * This warning note is automatically inserted by inserting the template {{subst:Inserted article}}.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->[[Category:Inserted articles]]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
   [[File:Mediastinum.png|thumb|right|Anatomy of the mediastinum]]

Acute mediastinitis: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:08, 18 February 2022

Contents

Clinical picture

Therapy

References

Related articles

References used