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Wound infection and colonisation
Nursing Standard, 2005Many wounds seen by nurses will involve infection and colonisation. To enable nurses to correly assess and manage these wounds, infection and colonisation are explained and options for management discussd.
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The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1981
Ninety-seven of 763 patients admitted to a burn center during a 3-year period had histologically confirmed bacterial or fungal burn wound invasion. Nine of these 97 patients survived and 88 died. Burn wound infection was the principal cause of death in 57 patients and was diagnosed perimortem in an additional 31 patients but was not judged to be the ...
Basil A. Pruitt +3 more
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Ninety-seven of 763 patients admitted to a burn center during a 3-year period had histologically confirmed bacterial or fungal burn wound invasion. Nine of these 97 patients survived and 88 died. Burn wound infection was the principal cause of death in 57 patients and was diagnosed perimortem in an additional 31 patients but was not judged to be the ...
Basil A. Pruitt +3 more
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Recognising infection in wounds
Nursing Standard, 2008This article explores the clinical signs and symptoms that help healthcare staff recognise infection, which can be a painful, distressing and potentially life-threatening complication of wounds.
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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.
John J. Byrne, Nlogha E. Okeke
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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.
John J. Byrne, Nlogha E. Okeke
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1989
The nature and severity of infections following trauma are largely determined by the nature of the trauma itself. The probability of wound infection may reflect the character of the wounding instrument; knife vs bullet, high velocity vs low velocity missile, etc.
S. A. Berger, D. Michaeli
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The nature and severity of infections following trauma are largely determined by the nature of the trauma itself. The probability of wound infection may reflect the character of the wounding instrument; knife vs bullet, high velocity vs low velocity missile, etc.
S. A. Berger, D. Michaeli
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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 1990
Three babies who developed infection in their median sternotomy wounds are reported. In one child, a retrosternal abscess was drained and in the other two cases, the wounds dehisced. The wound cavities were filled with a rectus abdominis myocutaneous island flap and in each case, the wounds healed primarily.
B M Jones, D T Gault, C Huddleston
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Three babies who developed infection in their median sternotomy wounds are reported. In one child, a retrosternal abscess was drained and in the other two cases, the wounds dehisced. The wound cavities were filled with a rectus abdominis myocutaneous island flap and in each case, the wounds healed primarily.
B M Jones, D T Gault, C Huddleston
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Journal of Wound Care, 1998
Clinicians face many dilemmas when working with infected and non-healing wounds and there is still considerable debate as to what the aim of treating such patients should be. Should it be to eradicate specific pathogenic organisms? Or should it be to reduce the bacterial burden present in or on wounds?
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Clinicians face many dilemmas when working with infected and non-healing wounds and there is still considerable debate as to what the aim of treating such patients should be. Should it be to eradicate specific pathogenic organisms? Or should it be to reduce the bacterial burden present in or on wounds?
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Postoperative wound infections
Journal of Hospital Infection, 1995A prospective study of postoperative wound infection was carried out over a two year period in Cumhuriyet University Medicine Faculty Hospital in Sivas, Turkey. Examination of wounds, with cultures of all suspicious wounds using standard bacteriological methods was performed. Of a total of 4146 surgical wounds, 188 (4.53%), became infected.
N. Sabir +4 more
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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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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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INFECTION OF WOUNDS WITH ACTINOMYCES
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 19511. Six cases of infection of wounds with actinomyces are described alld tile cultural characteristics of tile organisms are discussed. 2. In three patients the infecting organism was an unusual aerobic form. 3. Possible sources of infection are considered. 4. The chronicity of the condition and the difficulty in treatment are stressed.
M. E. Sharp, C. H. Cullen
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