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[Surgical wound infection].

open access: yesTidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke, 1972
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Prevention of Infection in Surgical Wounds

New England Journal of Medicine, 1957
WOUND infection has become one of the most difficult surgical problems of the current decade.1 Widespread bacterial resistance and crossinfection of the hospital population have been observed repeatedly,2 , 3 and alleged by some to be penalties of indiscriminate use of antibiotics.4 , 5 Until eight months ago, it was believed at this hospital that ...
Ralph Adams
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Evidence-based surgical wound care on surgical wound infection

open access: yesBritish Journal of Nursing, 2002
Surgical wound infection is an important outcome indicator in the postoperative period. A 3-year prospective cohort epidemiological study of 2202 surgical patients from seven surgical wards, across two hospitals, was carried out using gold standard surveillance methodology.
Reilly, Jacqueline; id_orcid
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Surgical wound infections

The American Journal of Surgery, 1957
Abstract 1. 1. The increase in wound infection on a surgical service led to a study of possible sources. 2. 2. The infection rate has no relation to monthly admission rate, number of “dirty” cases admitted or number of operative procedures. 3. 3. Staph.
J J, BYRNE, N E, OKEKE
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Surgical wound infection

The American Journal of Medicine, 1991
Wound infections remain a major source of postoperative morbidity, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of nosocomial infections. Today, many of these infections are first recognized in the outpatient clinic or in the patient's home due to the large number of operations done in the outpatient setting.
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Surgical wound assessment by sonography in the prediction of surgical wound infections

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2016
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are important sources of morbidity, prolonged hospital stays, and readmissions, so they have become a major economic burden. We hypothesized that surgical wound assessment by sonography (SWATS) used at the bedside would detect wound fluid collections and that the presence of such collections would predict SSI better than
Christopher D, Barrett   +8 more
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