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Microbiological profile and antibiotic sensitivity of maxillofacial infections in an emergency hospital

Braz. j. oral sci; 23 (), 2024
Aim: To investigate the bacteriological profile of oral and maxillofacial infections and the pattern of sensitivity to a specific group of antibiotics in a reference emergency hospital in Brazil. Methods: This is a prospective cohort institutional study that studied patients affected by oral and/ or maxi...

Negative pressure therapy in pediatric patient with surgical site infection: experience report

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 58 (), 2024
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the use of negative pressure wound therapy and hydrofiber dressing with silver in a pediatric patient with a hard-to-heal surgical wound infection. Method: This is a descriptive professional experience report on the use of conventional dressings and negative pressure wou...

Risk factors for the development of surgical site infection in bariatric surgery: an integrative review of literature

Abstract Objective: to evaluate evidence on risk factors for the development of surgical site infection in bariatric surgery. Method: integrative review. The search for primary studies was performed in four databases. The sample consisted of 11 surveys. The methodological quality of the included stud...

Índice neutrófilo linfocito como predictor de infección del sitio quirúrgico en cirugía abdominal urgente

Rev. cir. (Impr.); 75 (5), 2023
INTRODUCCIÓN: Las infecciones del sitio quirúrgico representan una carga significativa en relación con la morbilidad, la mortalidad y costos adicionales. Por lo tanto, la prevención es importante. OBEJTIVO: Comparar el índice neutrófilos-linfocitos con la escala SENIC para predecir infección del s...

Consecuencias del tipo de parto en gestantes con cesárea anterior

Objetivo: Determinar las consecuencias del tipo de parto en las gestantes con cesárea anterior, atendidas en el Hospital Universitario “Dr. Luis Razetti”, Barcelona, estado Anzoátegui, durante octubre de 2019. Métodos: Estudio retrospectivo, con nivel descriptivo, de diseño de campo no experiment...

Removal Rate of the Tomofix® System after High Tibial Osteotomy is Higher Than Reported

Abstract Objective Medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy (MOWHTO) significantly relieves pain in the medial joint line in medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee. But some patients complain of pain over the pes anserinus even 1 year after the osteotomy, which may require implant removal for reli...

Preparação alcoólica para antissepsia cirúrgica das mãos

HU Rev. (Online); 49 (), 2023
Introdução: A infecção de sítio cirúrgico é um processo infeccioso que apresenta correlação com falhas na antissepsia cirúrgica das mãos dos profissionais da equipe cirúrgica. Objetivo: Analisar o conhecimento científico a respeito da eficácia da antissepsia cirúrgica das mãos de profissi...

Risk factors associated with surgical site infection in patients with musculoskeletal cancer

Background and objectives: surgical site infections (SSI) continue to be a major concern in orthopedic oncology and pose as great a challenge as cancer recurrence, despite the preventive potential of surgery. SSI can be avoided if evidence-based measures are taken. The objective was to assess the frequen...

Prevalencia y análisis de factores de infección de sitio quirúrgico en clínica de heridas
Prevalence and Analysis of Surgical Site Infection Factors in Wound Clinic

Rev. cuba. cir; 62 (1), 2023
Introducción: La infección de herida quirúrgica causa altas tasas de morbilidad y repercute sobre los índices de mortalidad. Constituye la primera infección intrahospitalaria entre pacientes quirúrgicos del total de infecciones nosocomiales y la primera entre los pacientes quirúrgicos. Existen fac...

Regional analgesia and surgical site infections after colorectal surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis

Braz. J. Anesth. (Impr.); 73 (1), 2023
Abstract Background The effect of regional analgesia on perioperative infectious complications remains unknown. We therefore tested the hypothesis that a composite of serious infections after colorectal surgery is less common in patients with regional analgesia than in those given Intravenous Patient-Co...