Clinical Study
Open Reduction Internal Fixation Poststernotomy Mediastinitis
Table 1
The most common comorbid condition in the cohort of patients was coronary artery disease found in 97%. Combination of factors present in 29 patients.
| | Comorbid factors | Number of patients (%) |
| | Coronary artery disease | 37 (97%) | | Hypertension | 18 (60%) | | Hypercholesterolemia | 11 (37%) | | Diabetes mellitus | 10 (33%) | | Obesity | 5 (17%) | | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 5 (17%) | | Renal insufficiency | 3 (10%) |
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