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Surgical site infection surveillance
Journal of Hospital Infection, 2000Surgical site infection (SSI) is the third most commonly reported nosocomial infection and accounts for 14-16% of all nosocomial infections among hospital inpatients. A successful SSI surveillance programme includes standardized definitions of infection, effective surveillance methods and stratification of the SSI rates according to risk factors ...
E T, Smyth, A M, Emmerson
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Surgical Site Infections after Thyroidectomy
Surgical Infections, 2006The history of thyroid surgery starts with Billroth, Kocher, and Halsted, who developed techniques for thyroidectomy between 1873 and 1910. Before 1950, the operative mortality rate approached 50%. The advent of general anesthesia and antisepsis and the development of fine hemostatic instruments rendered thyroid surgery safer, but the potential ...
DIONIGI, GIANLORENZO +4 more
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Minimizing Surgical-Site Infections
New England Journal of Medicine, 2010Primitive ancestors of Homo sapiens and their colonizing bacteria have coevolved for approximately 500,000 years; some experts estimate that the total number of human cells is 1013 and the total number of colonizing microbes is 1014. Despite this 10-to-1 inequity, the balance of power is influenced by an intact human immune system and the integrity of ...
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Surgical Site Infections: The Cutting Edge
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 1998Surgical site infections are common and many are preventable. It is critical to understand the factors that influence these infections in order to create appropriate strategies to reduce this risk. Recent developments in this area and recommendations are presented.
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Brain and other central nervous system tumor statistics, 2021
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2021Kimberly D Miller +2 more
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Antibody–drug conjugates: Smart chemotherapy delivery across tumor histologies
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022Paolo Tarantino +2 more
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Cancer risk among World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers: A review
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022Paolo Boffetta +2 more
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