News tagged with wound infections


Protocol reduces sternal wound infections in children by 61 percent

A two-year effort to prevent infections in children healing from cardiac surgery reduced sternum infections by 61 percent, a San Antonio researcher announced at the Cardiology 2012 conference Feb. 23 in Orlando, Fla.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study cuts Whipple procedure wound infections in half with new measures

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital surgeons found that a carefully-selected surgical care check list of 12 measures reduced Whipple procedure wound infections by nearly 50 percent.

Other created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rebooting the system: Immune cells repair damaged lung tissues after flu infection

There's more than one way to mop up after a flu infection. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in Nature Immunology that a previously unrecognized popula ...

Medical research created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds aggressive glycemic control in diabetic cabg patients does not improve survival

Surgeons from Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that in diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, aggressive glycemic control does not result in any significant improvement of clinical ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study identifies risk factors for complications after spine surgery

In the last 20 years, due to diagnostic and surgical advances, more and more patients have become appropriate candidates for spine surgery, and the number of these procedures performed has risen significantly. While medical ...

Other created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists shine a light on the detection of bacterial infection

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed polymers that fluoresce in the presence of bacteria, paving the way for the rapid detection and assessment of wound infection using ultra-violet light.

Medical research created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Does race dictate quality of care?

Racial minorities have reduced access to high-quality joint replacement care, according to Dr. Xueya Cai and colleagues from the University of Iowa in the US. Their work, published online in Springer's journal Clinical Or ...

Other created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cedars-Sinai surgeon shows simple cotton swab slashes

A simple item found in almost every medicine cabinet – a cotton swab -- may be a key tool in the fight against post-surgical wound infections.

Other created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Honey can reverse antibiotic resistance

Manuka honey could be an efficient way to clear chronically infected wounds and could even help reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics, according to research presented at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring ...

Medical research created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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