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Comparison of Cost Savings of Methods of Prevention of Orthopedic Implant-Associated Infection in Arthroplasty and Closed Fracture Surgery Patients

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are serious complications in orthopedic implant-associated procedures, increasing morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs.
Pedro Augusto Maciel Moreira, Thiago de Carvalho Gontijo, Gabriel Costa Colen, Ana Carolina Morganti, Felipe Ismael Ulloa Gómez, Pedro Assis Mourão, Gabrielle Adriane Rodrigues Mota, Braulio R. G. M. Couto, Patrícia Almeida de Vasconcellos Rocha, Laila Gonçalves Machado, Raquel Bandeira da Silva, Mauro José Salles   +11 more
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“A breach in the protocol for no good reason”: a surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis experience in an Ethiopian academic medical center

Perioperative Medicine, 2023
Background An appropriately administered surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis decreases the rate of surgical site infections. Although evidence-based clinical practice guidelines have been published on surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis, the rate of ...
Veronica Afework, Segni Kejela, Nebyou Seyoum Abebe   +2 more
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Overview of molecular signatures of senescence and associated resources: pros and cons

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Cells can enter a stress response state termed cellular senescence that is involved in various diseases and aging. Detecting these cells is challenging due to the lack of universal biomarkers. This review presents the current state of senescence identification, from biomarkers to molecular signatures, compares tools and approaches, and highlights ...
Orestis A. Ntintas, Sylvia Vagena, Pavlos Pantelis, Giorgos Theocharous, Russel Petty, Konstantinos Evangelou, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis   +6 more
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Surgical Site Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2017
Background: Post-operative surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the leading cause of morbidity and increased medical expense. The aim of this study is to isolate identify and study antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of microorganism from surgical
Raskin Chaudhary, Shrawan Kumar Thapa, Jid Chani Rana, Pradeep Kumar Shah   +3 more
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Day/night variations of myeloid and lymphoid cell subsets in the murine inguinal lymph node

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The circadian system is involved in the temporal regulation of the immune system. Our study reveals that two innate immune populations, NKT cells and neutrophils, predominate at the beginning of the day in healthy mice, highlighting how the time of day influences immune responses.
Paula M. Wagner, César G. Prucca, Lucia Boffelli, Virginia A. Piqueras, Silvia G. Correa, Mariana Maccioni, Mario E. Guido   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical site infection after caesarean section. Space for post-discharge surveillance improvements and reliable comparisons [PDF]

, 2016
Surgical site infections (SSI) after caesarean section (CS) represent a substantial health system concern. Surveying SSI has been associated with a reduction in SSI incidence.
Agresta, A., Allocca, A., Ascenzi, M. P., Ascenzi, M. P., Baccaro, G., Barboni, P., Beggiato, S., Belvisi, V., Bianchi, U., Bianchini, C., Cammarota, M., Carbone, A., Caterini, A., Cava, M. C., Celiberti, A., Ciavarella, M., Ciccotosto, N., Cicogna, V. A., Cimaglia, Claudia, Clerici Bagozzi, F., Colantuono, G., Colazingari, G., Conti, E., Curzi, M., Dalla Vecchia, D., Del Borgo, C., Ferraro, Federica, Fiore, R., Fioriello, C., Forino, F., Grilli, E., Ippolito, Giuseppe, La Mura, A., Lanini, S., Lucarelli, B., Manzi, P., Marrone, R., MARZUILLO, CAROLINA, Masala, P., MASTROIANNI, Claudio Maria, Mondillo, V., Montesano, P., Morgante, A. S., Moscardini, M. L., Moscatelli, M. M., Natalini Raponi, G., Orazi, D., Pallozzi, L., Panepuccia, L., Parrocchia, S., Pignataro, R., Piscioneri, C., Piselli, Pierluca, Pitorri, A., Pittalis, Silvia, Pizziconi, G., Primavera, A., Puro, Vincenzo, Quintavalle, G., Raponi, R., Rendo, V., Riccioni, C., Ruscitti, Luca E., Saccoccio, O., Salera, E., Salvati, O., Saviano, R., Serafini, G., Sguazzini, G., Silvestri, A., Soscia, F., Spaziani, C., Squarcione, S., Tana, M., Ullucci, M., Vagni, V., Verginelli, F., VILLARI, Paolo, VULLO, Vincenzo, Zaino, P., Zarelli, L.   +80 more
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Fire in the Operating Room During Hypospadias Repair [PDF]

, 2017
Fire in the operating room (OR) is a very distressful and shocking occurrence with potential dramatic consequences. Despite safety rules and rigorous recommendations, such unintentional events do occur every so often.
Boscarelli, Alessandro, Ceccanti, Silvia, Cervellone, Alice, Cozzi, Denis A., Frediani, Simone, Pesce, Maria Vittoria   +5 more
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Impact of a Pharmacist-Driven Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling Pilot Program in Preoperative Cardiothoracic and Spine Surgery Patients at a Quaternary Hospital

Allergies
Documented penicillin allergies are associated with an increased risk of surgical site infections (SSIs), and first-line antibiotics (e.g., cefazolin) are associated with a lower risk of SSIs.
Hannah Crum, Brandon Gagnon, Alexis Thumann, Abbey Sidebottom, Marc Vacquier, Krista Gens   +5 more
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ATP13A2 is involved in intracellular polyamine transport in lung epithelial cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Spermidine transport in lung epithelial cells involves the polyamine transporter ATP13A2. Cell proliferation is associated with the upregulation of ATP13A2. Polyamines are present in all living cells and are implicated in various crucial cellular processes such as proliferation, apoptosis and autophagy.
Yuta Hatori, Kohei Kawabata, Takanori Kubo, Takeo Kitazawa, Sae Kanai, Madoka Iwashita, Ami Hayashi, Hiroyuki Nishi, Mikihisa Takano   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]

, 1985
The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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