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DNA fingerprinting analysis of coagulase negative staphylococci implicated in catheter related bloodstream infections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
AIMS: The epidemiological assessment of cases of coagulase negative staphylococcal catheter related bloodstream infection. METHODS: Two hundred and thirty patients with suspected catheter related bloodstream infection were evaluated over a two year ...
Dobbins, B.M.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Optimal management of urinary tract infections in older people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in older people. Unfortunately, UTI is commonly overdiagnosed and overtreated on the basis of nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms.
Beveridge, Louise A.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Antibiofilm activity of a chionodracine‐derived peptide by NMR‐based metabolomics of cell‐free supernatant of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KHS‐Cnd peptide is able to impair biofilm formation and disaggregate mature biofilms in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates. Differences in extracellular metabolites reflect changes in biofilm metabolism due to KHS‐Cnd treatment. Among the differentially represented extracellular metabolites upon KHS‐Cnd treatment, the significantly altered ...
Fernando Porcelli   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to perform open tracheal suction via an endotracheal tube [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Rationale and key points Tracheal suction involves the removal of pulmonary secretions from the respiratory tract using negative pressure under sterile conditions.
Credland, Nicola
core   +1 more source

Basilar Artery Occlusion Stroke Managed With Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase Before Endovascular Treatment (BAO‐TNK)

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the effectiveness and safety of tenecteplase (TNK) versus alteplase (TPA) in patients with basilar artery occlusion prior to endovascular treatment (EVT). Methods In this retrospective multicenter study (BAO‐TNK), we analyzed consecutive BAO patients from 14 U.S.
Rahul R. Karamchandani   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhibition of urethral stricture by a catheter loaded with nanoparticle/ pirfenidone complexes

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Background: Urethral strictures are common injurious conditions of the urinary system. Reducing and preventing urethral strictures has become a hot and challenging topic for urological surgeons and related researchers.
Wei Meng   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ion beam sputter-etched ventricular catheter for hydrocephalus shunt [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
A cerebrospinal fluid shunt in the form of a ventricular catheter for controlling the condition of hydrocephalus by relieving the excessive cerebrospinal fluid pressure is described.
Banks, B. A.
core   +1 more source

Variability in Catheter-Associated Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Rates Among Individual Nurses in Intensive Care Units: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria (CAABU) is frequent in intensive care units (ICUs) and contributes to the routine use of antibiotics and to antibiotic-resistant infections.
Bobay, Kathleen L.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Development of a Personalized Visualization and Analysis Tool to Improve Clinical Care in Complex Multisystem Diseases With Application to Scleroderma

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently, and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of the trajectory of a ...
Ji Soo Kim   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Basics of Neurointervention

open access: yesIndian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2018
Neurointervention is a subspecialty of neurosciences which offers a minimally invasive therapy for the vascular lesions of the central nervous system.
Tariq Matin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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