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Preventing catheter-associated infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Impact of an educational program surveying policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters in a Brazilian teaching hospital

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Objectives: To determine the impact of an educational program on the prevention of central venous catheter-related infections in a Brazilian Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Marcelo Luiz Abramczyk, Werter B. Carvalho, Eduardo A.S. Medeiros   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by the Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (JANIS) [PDF]

, 2008
We evaluated the infection risks in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using data of NICU infection surveillance data. The subjects were 871 NICU babies, consisting of 465 boys and 406 girls, who were cared for between June 2002 and January 2003 in ...
Babazono, Akira, Doi, Hiroyuki, Hayakawa, Masahiro, Ibara, Satoshi, Kitajima, Hiroyuki, Nakamura, Tomohiko, Nakayama, Hideki, Nishimaki, Shigeru, Sato, Kazuo, Shiga, Seigo, Tanaka, Tahei, Une, Hiroshi   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Translational Considerations for Injectable Biomaterials and Bioscaffolds to Repair and Regenerate Brain Tissue

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The repair and regeneration of brain tissue faces both biological and technical challenges. Injectable bioscaffolds offer new opportunities to stimulate tissue regrowth in the brain by recruiting neural stem cells. Here, the translational issues are reviewed that need to be address to advance this promising new therapeutic approach from the bench to ...
Michel Modo, Alena Kisel
wiley   +1 more source

Computational Modeling Meets 3D Bioprinting: Emerging Synergies in Cardiovascular Disease Modeling

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Emerging advances in three‐dimensional bioprinting and computational modeling are reshaping cardiovascular (CV) research by enabling more realistic, patient‐specific tissue platforms. This review surveys cutting‐edge approaches that merge biomimetic CV constructs with computational simulations to overcome the limitations of traditional models, improve ...
Tanmay Mukherjee, Mehdi Salar Amoli, Sarah Rezapourdamanab, Lama Rita El Shammas, Martin L. Tomov, Emilio A. Mendiola, Vahid Serpooshan, Reza Avazmohammadi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genotypic study documents divergence in the pathogenesis of bloodstream infection related central venous catheters in neonates

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Objective: To investigate the pathogenesis of bloodstream infection by Staphylococcus epidermidis, using the molecular epidemiology, in high-risk neonates. Methods: We conducted a prospective study of a cohort of neonates with bloodstream infection using
Cristiane Silveira Brito, Rosineide Marques Ribas, Daiane Silva Resende, Denise Von Dolinger de Brito, Vânia Olivetti Steffen Abdallah, Kátia Regina Netto dos Santos, Fernanda Sampaio Cavalcante, Pricilla Dias Moura de Matos, Paulo P. Gontijo Filho   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extracellular Vesicles Modulation by an Adiponectin Receptor Agonist Provides Cardioprotection for Myocardial Ischemic Injury

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that ALY688, a drug mimicking the heart‐protective hormone adiponectin, reduces myocardial ischemia injury. ALY688 increases the production of extracellular vesicles, which carry protective cargo including adiponectin itself.
Jialing Tang, Wing Yan Chung, Serena M. Pulente, Yubin Lei, Khang Nguyen, Eddie Tam, Nadya M. Morrow, Ilka Lorenzen‐Schmidt, Fengxia Xiao, Augusto Zani, Dylan Burger, Hye Kyoung Sung, Erin E. Mulvihill, Gary Sweeney   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outcome-based simulation training for ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement: clinical impact on preventing mechanical complications

BMC Medical Education
Background Central venous catheter placement has been associated with mechanical complications, some of which can be life-threatening. Recent studies have shown that simulation-based education on ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement ...
Joho Tokumine, Tomoko Yorozu, Kiyoshi Moriyama, Teruko Suzuki, Chikako Okada   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immediate access arteriovenous grafts versus tunnelled central venous catheters: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Background Autologous arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) are the optimal form of vascular access for haemodialysis. AVFs typically require 6 to 8 weeks to “mature” from the time of surgery before they can be cannulated.
Aitken, Emma, Berry, Colin, Chandramohan, Mohan, Geddes, Colin, Kasthuri, Ram, Kingsmore, David, Thomson, Peter   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Elastomeric Micro‐Balloons for Remote Control of Cerebral Blood Flow and Real‐Time In vivo Imaging of Rodent Brain Response to Hypoperfusion

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports the fabrication of MRI‐compatible elastomeric micro‐balloons via a multi‐step bubble casting process, where the monolithic elastomeric wall is selectively stiffened for reversible and controlled inflation and elasticity, depending on the target vessels for graded occlusion of cerebral arteries.
Jong Bin Kim, Jinghui Wang, Yinding Chi, Jingxian Wu, Alicia Ng, Guanda Qiao, Honglin Tan, Miroslaw Janowski, Piotr Walczak, Yajie Liang, Shu Yang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source