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Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. | Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. Aggressive surgical debridement is recommended among patients when combined with broad spectrum antibiotics that provide coverage against [[methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus|MRSA]], beta-lactamase producing [[gram-negative]] organisms, and [[anaerobes]]. | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. Urgent aggressive surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotics is recommended for all patients who develop descending necrotizing mediastinitis.<ref name=XXA> Mediastinitis: a potentially lethal infection. Thoracics (2012). http://thoracics.org/2012/03/03/mediastinitis-noncardiac-surgery/ Accessed on | Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. Urgent aggressive surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotics is recommended for all patients who develop descending necrotizing mediastinitis.<ref name=XXA> Mediastinitis: a potentially lethal infection. Thoracics (2012). http://thoracics.org/2012/03/03/mediastinitis-noncardiac-surgery/ Accessed on October 9, 2015.</ref> | ||
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Overview
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. Aggressive surgical debridement is recommended among patients when combined with broad spectrum antibiotics that provide coverage against MRSA, beta-lactamase producing gram-negative organisms, and anaerobes.
Surgery
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. Urgent aggressive surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotics is recommended for all patients who develop descending necrotizing mediastinitis.[1]
References
- ↑ Mediastinitis: a potentially lethal infection. Thoracics (2012). http://thoracics.org/2012/03/03/mediastinitis-noncardiac-surgery/ Accessed on October 9, 2015.