Class information for:
Level 1: MEDIASTINITIS//DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION//STERNAL WOUND INFECTION

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
6966 1423 22.3 73%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
7 4 INFECTIOUS DISEASES//MICROBIOLOGY//VIROLOGY 1353914
495 3       SURGICAL SITE INFECTION//SEPTIC ARTHRITIS//OSTEOMYELITIS 22855
724 2             SURGICAL SITE INFECTION//PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION//PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION 12693
6966 1                   MEDIASTINITIS//DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION//STERNAL WOUND INFECTION 1423

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 MEDIASTINITIS authKW 1212821 11% 38% 150
2 DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION authKW 604505 3% 78% 36
3 STERNAL WOUND INFECTION authKW 582757 3% 70% 39
4 STERNAL DEHISCENCE authKW 496681 2% 93% 25
5 STERNAL CLOSURE authKW 429135 1% 100% 20
6 STERNAL INFECTION authKW 289657 1% 75% 18
7 DELAYED STERNAL CLOSURE authKW 262842 1% 88% 14
8 STERNOTOMY authKW 259064 4% 24% 50
9 POSTSTERNOTOMY MEDIASTINITIS authKW 241743 1% 87% 13
10 STERNUM authKW 211332 4% 18% 55

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 Cardiac & Cardiovascular System 23206 50% 0% 711
2 Surgery 20609 63% 0% 903
3 Respiratory System 19032 30% 0% 430
4 Infectious Diseases 1441 10% 0% 144
5 Critical Care Medicine 145 2% 0% 33
6 Peripheral Vascular Diseases 106 3% 0% 47
7 Dermatology 85 2% 0% 34
8 Transplantation 37 1% 0% 21
9 Microbiology 29 3% 0% 49
10 Nursing 19 1% 0% 14

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 UNIT CLIN MICROBIOL INFECT MED 42914 0% 100% 2
2 CARDIOTHORAC SURG 34257 14% 1% 193
3 GESU MARIA HOSP 28608 0% 67% 2
4 KARL LANDSTEINER CARDIOVASC SURG 28608 0% 67% 2
5 MED PADUA 28608 0% 67% 2
6 CARDIOVASC SURG PRONTO SOCORRO CARDIOL PERNAM 28604 0% 33% 4
7 CARDIAC SURG 25018 9% 1% 129
8 ANAESTHESIOL INTENS CARE CARDIAC SURG PATI 21457 0% 100% 1
9 ANAESTHESIOL SURG ICU 21457 0% 100% 1
10 ANAT ULTRASTRUCT MICROSCOPY 21457 0% 100% 1

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY 46001 15% 1% 211
2 JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY 26954 3% 3% 42
3 INTERACTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY 18373 3% 2% 48
4 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY 13243 5% 1% 71
5 REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIRURGIA CARDIOVASCULAR 13212 1% 3% 21
6 JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 12397 6% 1% 85
7 SURGICAL INFECTIONS 12169 1% 3% 21
8 JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY 11948 3% 1% 39
9 INTERNATIONAL WOUND JOURNAL 8419 1% 2% 19
10 ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY 6498 3% 1% 49

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 MEDIASTINITIS 1212821 11% 38% 150 Search MEDIASTINITIS Search MEDIASTINITIS
2 DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION 604505 3% 78% 36 Search DEEP+STERNAL+WOUND+INFECTION Search DEEP+STERNAL+WOUND+INFECTION
3 STERNAL WOUND INFECTION 582757 3% 70% 39 Search STERNAL+WOUND+INFECTION Search STERNAL+WOUND+INFECTION
4 STERNAL DEHISCENCE 496681 2% 93% 25 Search STERNAL+DEHISCENCE Search STERNAL+DEHISCENCE
5 STERNAL CLOSURE 429135 1% 100% 20 Search STERNAL+CLOSURE Search STERNAL+CLOSURE
6 STERNAL INFECTION 289657 1% 75% 18 Search STERNAL+INFECTION Search STERNAL+INFECTION
7 DELAYED STERNAL CLOSURE 262842 1% 88% 14 Search DELAYED+STERNAL+CLOSURE Search DELAYED+STERNAL+CLOSURE
8 STERNOTOMY 259064 4% 24% 50 Search STERNOTOMY Search STERNOTOMY
9 POSTSTERNOTOMY MEDIASTINITIS 241743 1% 87% 13 Search POSTSTERNOTOMY+MEDIASTINITIS Search POSTSTERNOTOMY+MEDIASTINITIS
10 STERNUM 211332 4% 18% 55 Search STERNUM Search STERNUM

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 ABDELNOOR, M , VENGEN, OA , SANDVEN, I , ABDELNOOR, AM , JOHANSEN, O , (2016) LATITUDE OF THE STUDY PLACE AND AGE OF THE PATIENT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCIDENCE OF MEDIASTINITIS AND MICROBIOLOGY IN OPEN-HEART SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. VOL. 8. ISSUE . P. 151 -163 72 66% 0
2 VAN WINGERDEN, JJ , UBBINK, DT , VAN DER HORST, CMAM , DE MOL, BAJM , (2014) POSTSTERNOTOMY MEDIASTINITIS: A CLASSIFICATION TO INITIATE AND EVALUATE RECONSTRUCTIVE MANAGEMENT BASED ON EVIDENCE FROM A STRUCTURED REVIEW.JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY. VOL. 9. ISSUE . P. - 58 84% 1
3 LOSANOFF, JE , RICHMAN, BW , JONES, JW , (2002) DISRUPTION AND INFECTION OF MEDIAN STERNOTOMY: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. VOL. 21. ISSUE 5. P. 831 -839 69 86% 75
4 SJOGREN, J , MALMSJO, M , GUSTAFSSON, R , INGEMANSSON, R , (2006) POSTSTERNOTOMY MEDIASTINITIS: A REVIEW OF CONVENTIONAL SURGICAL TREATMENTS, VACUUM-ASSISTED CLOSURE THERAPY AND PRESENTATION OF THE LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEDIASTINITIS ALGORITHM.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. VOL. 30. ISSUE 6. P. 898-905 52 75% 92
5 BRYAN, CS , YARBROUGH, WM , (2013) PREVENTING DEEP WOUND INFECTION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING A REVIEW.TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL. VOL. 40. ISSUE 2. P. 125-139 75 43% 9
6 MANGUKIA, CV , AGARWAL, S , SATYARTHY, S , DATT, V , SATSANGI, D , (2014) MEDIASTINITIS FOLLOWING PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY.JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY. VOL. 29. ISSUE 1. P. 74-82 44 72% 1
7 CHANG, EI , FESTEKJIAN, JH , MILLER, TA , ARDEHALI, A , RUDKIN, GH , (2013) CHEST WALL RECONSTRUCTION FOR STERNAL DEHISCENCE AFTER OPEN HEART SURGERY.ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY. VOL. 71. ISSUE 1. P. 84-87 30 100% 3
8 LOSANOFF, JE , JONES, JW , RICHMAN, BW , (2002) PRIMARY CLOSURE OF MEDIAN STERNOTOMY: TECHNIQUES AND PRINCIPLES.CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. VOL. 10. ISSUE 2. P. 102 -110 41 91% 49
9 CARLESIMO, B , LO TORTO, F , ROSSI, A , MARCASCIANO, M , RUGGIERO, M , (2014) LONG-TERM RESULT OF BILATERAL PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE ADVANCEMENT FLAP IN MEDIAN STERNOTOMY WOUND INFECTIONS.EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES. VOL. 18. ISSUE 24. P. 3767 -3772 31 94% 0
10 ALHALAWANI, AMF , TOWLER, MR , (2013) A REVIEW OF STERNAL CLOSURE TECHNIQUES.JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS APPLICATIONS. VOL. 28. ISSUE 4. P. 483-497 38 75% 6

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



Rank Class id link
1 28073 CENTRAL LINE CATHETER//EQUIPMENT DOUBLE LUMEN CARDIAC CATHETER//LEFT ATRIAL LINE
2 10064 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY//VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE//VAC
3 16254 CHEST WALL RECONSTRUCTION//CHEST WALL RESECTION//CHEST WALL TUMOR
4 1132 SURGICAL SITE INFECTION//INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY//AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
5 22873 ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVESTING//SAPHENOUS VEIN HARVESTING//INFRAPATELLAR BRANCH
6 24551 MILKY SPOTS//OMENTAL MILKY SPOTS//OMENTUM
7 11819 OPERATING THEATRE//SURGICAL GOWNS//LAMINAR AIR FLOW
8 1850 INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY//RADIAL ARTERY//INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY
9 21341 AORTOBRONCHIAL FISTULA//AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSM//ASCENDING AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSM
10 12599 BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA//POSTPNEUMONECTOMY SYNDROME//PNEUMONECTOMY

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