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- From: al037@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Polewka)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: purulent mediastinitis
- Date: 9 Sep 1992 05:02:27 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: al037@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Polewka)
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- IN SCI.MED, doyle+@pitt.edu (Howard R Doyle) says:
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- > Recently I read an autopsy report of a man who had sustained a stab
- >wound to the chest. The coroner stated that the cause of death was 1.)
- >purulent mediastinitis and 2.) percarditis, both a direct result of the stab
- >wound. I understand what both of the causes are in pathological terms,
- >however, what was the most likely mode of death (severe infection, heart
-
- The man died of sepsis (overwhelming infection).
-
- >trauma, etc)? Since the subject had time to develop an infection from the
- >wound it would seem reasonable that he did not die until several days
- >following the stabbing. How long could one survive such trauma without
- >treatment?
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- Hard to say. Depends on many factors, such as the age of the patient, previous
- state of health, and the organisms involved. Technically speaking, though,
- mediastinitis is a real bitch.
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