"Mediastinitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inflammation of the mediastinum, the area between the pleural sacs.
| Descriptor ID |
D008480
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.846.187.790
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| Concept/Terms |
Mediastinitis- Mediastinitis
- Mediastinitides
- Mediastinum Inflammation
- Inflammation, Mediastinum
- Inflammations, Mediastinum
- Mediastinum Inflammations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mediastinitis" by people in Profiles.
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Haddad S, Tayyar R, Jr LL, Lande L, Santoro J. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in Mycobacterium chimaera mediastinitis: When clinical judgment trumps imaging. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2021 Jan-Mar; 10(1):82-84.
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Welby JP, Fender EA, Peikert T, Holmes DR, Bjarnason H, Knavel-Koepsel EM. Evaluation of Outcomes Following Pulmonary Artery Stenting in Fibrosing Mediastinitis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2021 Mar; 44(3):384-391.
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Flora AS, Benzaquen S. Rituximab to Treat Fibrosing Mediastinitis-Associated Recurrent Hemoptysis. Am J Ther. 2020 Nov/Dec; 27(6):e675-e676.
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Fender EA, Widmer RJ, Knavel Koepsel EM, Welby JP, Kern R, Peikert T, Bjarnason H, Holmes DR. Catheter based treatments for fibrosing mediastinitis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Nov 15; 94(6):878-885.
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Samuel R, Axelrod P, John KS, Fekete T, Alexander S, McCarthy J, Truant A, Todd B, Furukawa S, Eisen H, Spotnitz W. An outbreak of mediastinitis among heart transplant recipients apparently related to a change in the united network for organ sharing guidelines. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Jul; 23(7):377-81.