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Outbreak of Aeromonas hydrophila wound infections association with mud football [PDF]

, 2004
On 16 February 2002, a total of 26 people presented to the emergency department of the local hospital in the rural town of Collie in southwest Western Australia with many infected scratches and pustules distributed over their bodies.
Amanda Whittle, Assanta MA, Bloch T, Brandi G, Burke V, Fulghum DD, Gary K. Dowse, Gold WL, Hassan Vally, Hazen TC, Houston CW, Kaper JB, Kelly KA, Scott Cameron, Semel JD, Tony Watson, Weber CA   +16 more
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Antibacterial prophylaxis of surgical site infections in oral surgery: not only and not always systemic antibiotics [PDF]

, 2015
Antibacterial prophylaxis is a set of treatment measures, including antibiotic prophylaxis, under surgeon’s responsibility. If local measures are always to be applied, antibiotic prophylaxis administration needs a careful case selection in order to avoid
Pippi, Roberto
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Experiences With Surgical Treatment of Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers at a Tertiary Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Prospective Review of 300 Cases. [PDF]

, 2012
Chronic lower limb ulcers constitute a major public health problem of great important all over the world and contribute significantly to high morbidity and long-term disabilities. There is paucity of information regarding chronic lower limb ulcers in our
Chalya, Phillipo L, Gilyoma, Japhet M, Kidenya, Benson R, Mbunda, Fidelis, McHembe, Mabula D, Mshana, Stephen E, Rambau, Peter   +6 more
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Astagneau, Bayat, Blackham, Bonds, Bunn, Cabaluna, Daoud, Darouiche, Edmiston, Fry, Gheorghe, Grauhan, Jakobsson, Kamel, Kent, Kirby, Krieger, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Lyytikainen, Matatov, Melling, Pauli, Pinkney, Richet, Sanchez-Manuel, Stannard, Strecker, Tanner, Tanner, Taylor, Thibon, Togioka, Turtiainen, Ubbink, Wang, Webster, Williams, Yokoe   +42 more
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Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012
BACKGROUND: Surgical face masks were originally developed to contain and filter droplets containing microorganisms expelled from the mouth and nasopharynx of healthcare workers during surgery, thereby providing protection for the patient.
A. Lipp, Peggy Edwards
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Human Wounds and Its Burden: An Updated Compendium of Estimates [PDF]

, 2019
Significance: A 2018 retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries identified that ∼8.2 million people had wounds with or without infections. Medicare cost estimates for acute and chronic wound treatments ranged from $28.1 billion to $96.8 billion ...
Sen, Chandan K.
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Understanding effective management of postoperative wounds [PDF]

, 2013
Acute surgical wounds generally heal with no problems. However, some wounds blister around the periwound area and surgical site infection postoperatively, partly due to inappropriate choice of wound dressing.
Ousey, Karen, Roberts, Peter
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A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Konstantina Dipla, Danai Faitatzidou, Fotini Iatridi, Areti Georgiou, Artemios Karagiannidis, Erasmia Sampani, Chrysostomos Dimitriadis, Aggelos Koutlas, Andreas Zafeiridis, Pantelis Sarafidis   +10 more
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NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF COMPLEX INJURIES AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY [PDF]

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2017
Objective: To present an experience with negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the treatment of surgical wounds in patients treated for infections after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with or without dehiscence and prophylaxis in wounds considered at
Camilo Partezani Helito, Daniel Kamura Bueno, Pedro Nogueira Giglio, Marcelo Batista Bonadio, José Ricardo Pécora, Marco Kawamura Demange   +5 more
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A preliminary study of the effect of closed incision management with negative pressure wound therapy over high-risk incisions [PDF]

, 2015
Background Certain postoperative wounds are recognised to be associated with more complications than others and may be termed high-risk. Wound healing can be particularly challenging following high-energy trauma where wound necrosis and infection ...
A Colli, A Koski, A Li, A Wackenfors, A Wackenfors, AE Guille, BJ Stanley, CJ Jordan, D Herscovici Jr, DA Mendonca, David M. R. Sajik, DR Holt, DV Kipaldi, E Krug, EJ Harvey, EJ Timmenga, GI Taylor, GK Berry, GW Stanway, J Bertran, J Compston, J Kanis, JC Murrell, JP Stannard, JP Stannard, JS Weese, JT Thompson, JW Fox, Karen L. Perry, KV Lambert, L Holton, LJ Owen, Lynda Rutherford, M Demaria, M Pachowsky, MF Fay, Mieghan Bruce, MJ Allen, MJ Morykwas, MJ Morywkas, MJ Morywkas, MW Bohling, MW Bohling, N Fitzpatrick, NA Abidi, PC Bristow, PE Banwell, PE Banwell, PM Taylor, R Ben Amotz, R Burkhardt, R Petzina, RP Wilkes, S Karlakki, S Lindstedt, SA Robertson, SP Roch, SZ Chen, TJ Smith, WT DeCarbo   +59 more
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