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Computed tomography improves the differentiation of infectious mediastinitis from normal postoperative changes after sternotomy in cardiac surgery.

Foldyna BorekMartin MuellerChristian D EtzChristian LueckeJosephina HaunschildInes HoffmannMatthias GutberletLukas Lehmkuhl
Published in: European radiology (2019)
• Presence of free gas, pleural effusions, and brachiocephalic lymph node size on CT are associated independently with infectious mediastinitis. • Combination of these CT parameters increases the discriminatory capacity of clinical parameters such as CRP.
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