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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, Arthur, Celestin, Emily, Fish, Charity C, Glass, Mariam F, Eskander, Rudy, Murillo, Georgi, Gospodinov, Alok, Gupta, Carl J, Hauser   +8 more
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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 ...
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Clean surgical wounds: prevention of infection

Nursing Standard, 2001
Nurses need to be aware of the principles of infection control and the factors affecting wound infection to develop effective strategies to prevent infection and cross-infection.
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Routine sterile glove and instrument change at the time of abdominal wound closure to prevent surgical site infection (ChEETAh): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial in seven low-income and middle-income countries

Lancet, The, 2022
Adesoji O Ademuyiwa, Adewale O Adisa, Peter Brocklehurst   +2 more
exaly  

Detecting surgical wound infections.

Professional nurse (London, England), 2002
A review of the literature on detecting wound infection revealed the need for an established definition and a consensus on the way of detecting infection. A unified approach would enable a clearer picture of wound infection in the UK to emerge.
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Surgical site infections in caesarean wounds

British Journal of Nursing
The increasing incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) following caesarean sections highlights the necessity for updated protocols that address risk factors throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative stages. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and hydrocolloid dressings have demonstrated potential for improving wound ...
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A surgical wound infection?

The Lancet, 2000
M, Ogon, N T, Sepp, C, Wimmer, H, Behensky   +3 more
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Germanene-Based Theranostic Materials for Surgical Adjuvant Treatment: Inhibiting Tumor Recurrence and Wound Infection

Matter, 2020
Jiang Ouyang, Zhongmin Tang, Na Kong
exaly  

Nitrous oxide and risk of surgical wound infection: a randomised trial

Lancet, The, 2005
Edith Fleischmann, Béla Fülesdi, Robert Greif   +2 more
exaly  

Perioperative Normothermia to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection and Shorten Hospitalization

New England Journal of Medicine, 1996
Daniel I Sessler
exaly