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Cost-Effectiveness of Closed Incison Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Reducing Surgical Site Infections

The Anatolian Journal of Family Medicine, 2019
INTRODUCTION[|]Current preventive measures for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI) are still not sufficient. We aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on closed incisions in reducing SSI by ...
Gaye Çelikcan, Menekşe Kastamoni, Ramazan Kahveci   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacteria Sensitivity Pattern of Caesarean Section Wound on Selected Antibiotics in Ulin General Hospital Banjarmasin

Berkala Kedokteran, 2020
: A cesarean delivery increases the risk of wound infection it should be prevented by using antibiotics. This study was to determine the pattern of bacterial sensitivity in surgical wounds of cesarean section patients for selected antibiotics, i.e ...
Nurhafizah Rafiani, Renny Aditya, Noor Muthmainah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical Wound Morbidity in an Austere Surgical Environments [PDF]

Military Medicine, 2000
Surgical wound morbidity was analyzed for a U.S. military field hospital deployed to the Republic of Haiti in support of Operation New Horizons 1998. The purpose of the analysis was to determine whether procedures performed in the field hospital had greater infectious risks as a result of the environment compared with historical reports for traditional
P A, Lucha, D, Wallace, C, Pasque, N, Brickhouse, D, Olsen, S, Styk, M, Dortch, W A, Beckman   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The Importance of Hydration in Wound Healing: Reinvigorating the clinical perspective

, 2016
Balancing skin hydration levels is important as any disruption in skin integrity will result in disturbance of the dermal water balance. The discovery that a moist wound healing environment actively supports the healing response when compared to a dry ...
Cutting, K. F., Ousey, K., Rogers, A. A., Cutting, Keith, Rippon, Mark, Rippon, Mark G., Rogers, Alan A., Ousey, Karen   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Polymicrobial Infection (Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative) Exacerbates Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in a Conscious Swine Extremity Trauma Model

Pathophysiology
Background/Objectives: Extremity trauma represents a significant proportion of battlefield injuries and is prevalent in polytraumatized patients from accidents.
Catharina C. Gaeth, Travis R. Madaris, Jamila M. Duarte, Amber M. Powers, Christina M. Sandoval, Stefanie M. Shiels, Randolph Stone   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surveillance of surgical site infections: methodical comparison of the IQTIG and KISS strategies

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2021
Aim: In 2017, the Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in Healthcare (IQTIG) introduced a quality assurance system for the surveillance of surgical site infections (SSI) on behalf the Federal Joint Committee.
Rittmeier, Sascha, Waeschle, Reiner M., Artelt, Tanja, Fehling, Patrick, Suckow, Arnt, Siess, Martin, Scheithauer, Simone   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient experiences of, and preferences for, surgical wound care education

, 2022
The aim of this study was to describe patients' experiences of, and preferences for, surgical wound care discharge education and how these experiences predicted their ability to self-manage their surgical wounds.
Kang, Evelyn, O'Connor, Tom, Webber, Louise, Perger, Debra, Evelyn Kang, Latimer, Sharon, Gillespie, Brigid M., Walker, Rachel M, Walker, Rachel M., Anne M. Eskes, Eskes, Anne M., Sharon Latimer, Georgia Tobiano, Gillespie, Brigid M, Carlini, Joan, Eskes, Anne M, Debra Perger, Brigid M. Gillespie, Tom O'Connor, Louise Webber, Tobiano, Georgia, Joan Carlini, Rachel M. Walker, Chaboyer, Wendy, Wendy Chaboyer   +24 more
core   +1 more source

Modeling Sepsis: Establishment and Validation of a 72-Hour Swine Model of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma

Medicina
Background/Objectives: Fecal peritonitis following penetrating abdominal trauma is a serious condition that often results in sepsis and organ failure.
Catharina Gaeth, Travis R. Madaris, Jamila Duarte, Alvaro Rodriguez, Matthew D. Wegner, Amber Powers, Randolph Stone   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating and validating a patient-reported outcome instrument for women with vulvar neoplasia after surgical treatment : a mixed-methods project [PDF]

, 2012
In vulvar neoplasia, substantial improvements in therapy and care have been attained during the last decades.1 Nevertheless even minor surgical interventions cause multiple symptoms and side effects that impact women’s quality of life.2 The term ...
Senn, Beate
core   +1 more source