Postoperative mediastinitis in cardiovascular surgery. Analysis of 1038 consecutive surgeries

Michel Pompeu Barros de Oliveira Sá^I; Débora Oliveira Silva^II; Érika Nibbering de Souza Lima^III; Ricardo de Carvalho Lima^IV; Frederico Pires Vasconcelos Silva^V; Fábio Gonçalves de Rueda^VI; Rodrigo Renda de Escobar^VII; Paulo Ernando Ferraz Cavalcanti^VIII

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382010000100008

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1. Graduated in Medicine at the School of Medical Sciences - State Univesity of Pernambuco FCM/UPE; former internal of the Divsion of Cardiovascular Surgery at PROCAPE. 2. Undergraduated student in Nutrition at Faculdade Maurício de Nassau; Licensed Practical Nurse - of the Divsion of Cardiovascular Surgery at PROCAPE. 3. Undergraduated student in Nutrition at Faculdade Maurício de Nassau; Licensed Practical Nurse - of the Divsion of Cardiovascular Surgery at PROCAPE. 4. Doctorage Degree in Cardiovascular Surgey at Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP; Head of the Divison of Cardiovascular Surgery at PROCAPE; Full Professor of Cardiotoracic Surgery at Medical School - Universioty of Pernambuco. 5. Professor of Cardiolthjoracic Surgery at Medical School - Univesity of Pernambuco; Cardiovascular Surgeon of Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at HUOC/PROCAPE Hospital Complex. 6. Graduated in Medicine at The University of Pernambuco; Resident physician at Division of Cardiovascular Surgery - HUOC/PROCAPE Hospital Complex. 7. Graduated in Medicine at the University of Pernambuco - UPE; Resident physician at Division of Cardiovascular Surgery - HUOC/PROCAPE Hospital Complex. 8. Graduated in Medicine at the Federal University of Pernambuco; Resident physician at Division of Cardiovascular Surgery - Division of Cardiovascular Surgery - HUOC/PROCAPE Hospital Complex. * HUOC - Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital * PROCAPE - Cardiac Emergency Hospital of Pernambuco Correspondence
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