Paranasal sinusitis: Cryptic sepsis after coronary artery bypass operations

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 706 - 710
• Main Authors: Picone, Anthony L., Baisden, Clinton E., Ford, Edward G., Sand, Mark E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.1993; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Coronary Artery Bypass; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sinusitis - diagnosis; Sinusitis - etiology; Sinusitis - therapy; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Human; Radiodiagnosis; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Coronary heart disease; Sinusitis; Case study; Infection; Treatment; Aortocoronary; Bypass; Surgery; Maxillary sinus; ENT disease; Complication; Computerized axial tomography

Infections occurred in 52 of 400 patients (13%) undergoing coronary artery bypass operations from January 1987 to December 1990. The hospital courses of 5 patients (1.3%) in whom occult infections of the paranasal sinuses developed were reviewed. Only 1 patient had specific clinical findings of acut...