Impact of respiratory infection in the results of cardiac surgery in a tertiary hospital in Brazil

AbstractObjective:To assess the impact of respiratory tract infection in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery in relation to mortality and to identify patients at higher risk of developing this complication.Methods:Cross-sectional observational study conducted at the Recovery of Cardiothoraci...

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Main Authors: Isaac Newton Guimarães Andrade, Diego Torres Aladin de Araújo, Fernando Ribeiro de Moraes Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2015-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382015000300012&lng=en&tlng=en