ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2016
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis in the elderly patients.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis Across Age and Host-Status Groups: Diagnosis, Treatment Phases, and Outcomes in the Literature, with an Illustrative Case.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2026Pooled it
- Improved surgical outcomes and predictors of prolonged hospitalization in descending necrotizing mediastinitis: A 20-Year retrospective study.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Article
- Risk Factors of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis in Deep Neck Abscesses.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Acute Mediastinitis - Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Surgical Therapy (A Single-Center Experience).Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2022Article
- Deep neck infections with and without mediastinal involvement: treatment and outcome in 218 patients.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
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- Initial Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Deep Neck Infection.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2018Article
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- Paratracheal abscess after traumatic tracheal intubation.Anaesthesia reportsArticle
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Abstract
Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis (DNM) is a polymicrobic, dangerous and often fatal process, arising from head or neck infections and spreading along the deep fascial cervical planes, descending into the mediastinum. It can rapidly progress to sepsis and can frequently lead to death. It has a high mortality rate, up to 40% in the different series, as described in the literature. Surgical and therapeutic management has been discussed for long time especially in an elderly patient population. The literature has been reviewed in order to evaluate different pathogenesis and evolution and to recognise a correct therapeutic management.
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