Treatment of mediastinal infection following cardiac surgery by continuous closed irrigation with povidone-iodine in early infancy
Iio, M.; Miyamoto, K.; Ohtake, S.; Akagi, H.; Kitamura, S.; Inagaki, Y.
Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai 37(11): 2402-2406
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-4739 PMID: 2614126 Document Number: 333807
Two patients aged 2 months and 9 days with postoperative mediastinal infection were treated by continuous closed irrigation with 0.5% povidone-iodine solution. Satisfactory eradication was achieved in both two patients. Although serum iodine level was elevated as high as 7,610 micrograms/dl in the neonatal patient, no disturbances of the thyroid function and the acid-base balance were seen. The usefulness of continuous closed irrigation in the neonatal or infantile period was suggested.