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Intraoperative Redosing of Cefazolin and Risk for Surgical Site Infection in Cardiac Surgery [PDF]
, 2011 Intraoperative redosing of prophylactic antibiotics is recommended for prolonged surgical procedures, although its efficacy has not been assessed. We retrospectively compared the risk of surgical site infections in 1,548 patients who underwent cardiac ...
Giardina, Richard +2 more
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Preventing Surgical Site Infections [PDF]
Clinical Medicine & Research, 2004 Over the past 50 years, increased interest in the discipline of surgical infection has resulted in advances in post-surgical infection control. Early investigations focused on the importance of anaerobic microflora to postoperative infection and paved the way for significant improvements in prophylactic and therapeutic antibiotic treatment of surgical ...
Ronald Lee Nichols
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Prevention of surgical site infections in orthopaedics
Problemy Pielęgniarstwa, 2022 Surgical site infections (SSI) are some of the most serious postoperative complications. Orthopaedic surgery involves a higher risk of developing SSI due to inserting implants into bones that have a very sensitive structure and a good blood supply.
Róża Słowik +2 more
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Biodegradable Polymeric Micro/Nano-Structures with Intrinsic Antifouling/Antimicrobial Properties:Relevance in Damaged Skin and Other Biomedical Applications [PDF]
Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 11(3), 60, 2020, 2020 Bacterial colonization ofimplanted biomedical devicesis themain cause of healthcare-associated infections, estimated to be 8.8 million per year in Europe. Many infections originate from damaged skin, which lets microorganisms exploit injuries and surgical accesses as passageways to reach the implant site and inner organs.
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Reducing surgical site infections [PDF]
Communications Medicine, 2021 The most common complication after surgery is surgical site infection. A recent randomised controlled clinical trial published in The Lancet compared the rate of infections following four different wound closure regimes in low-income and middle-income countries.
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Objective: Wound infections are the commonest hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pattern of antimicrobial prophylaxis in general surgery in Jayanagar general hospital, Bangalore, India ...
Hassan Allaf Navirian, G A Navyashree
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Brain magnetic resonance imaging predictors in anti‐N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor encephalitis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 9, Issue 12, Page 1974-1984, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Objective Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in anti‐N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis are nonspecific and rarely have obvious associations with clinical characteristics and outcomes. This study aimed to comprehensively describe the MRI features of patients with NMDAR encephalitis, examine their associations with ...
Ying‐Ying Zhao +8 more
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Face-masks save us from SARS-CoV-2 transmission [PDF]
PNAS, 118 (2021) e2110117118, 2021 We present results on the infection risk from SARS-CoV-2 under different scenarios based on measured particle size-dependent mask penetration, measured total inward leakage, measured human aerosol emission for sizes from 10nm to 1mm, and re-hydration on inhalation.
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Association Preoperative Protein Adequacy and Post Elective Laparotomy Surgical Site Infection
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2023 Background/Aims: Postoperative complications tend to occur in high-risk populations, including those undergoing major surgery. Surgical site infections (SSI) are some of the most common postoperative complications in laparotomy procedures.
Davie Muhamad +2 more
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023 Introduction: Surgical site infections are the commonest nosocomial infections following surgeries. They not only increase the morbidity and mortality following surgeries but also have a great impact both psychologically and financially. The aim of this
Poonam Koirala +5 more
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