American journal of infection control
Aug 22, 2022
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a significant health care problem as they can cause increased medical costs and increased morbidity and mortality. Assessing a patient's preoperative risk factors can improve risk stratification and hel...
International journal of environmental research and public health
Aug 14, 2022
Surgical site infections (SSIs) have a major role in the evolution of medical care. Despite centuries of medical progress, the management of surgical infection remains a pressing concern. Nowadays, the SSIs continue to be an important factor able to...
Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
Aug 3, 2022
OBJECTIVES: The primary objectives were to evaluate Surgical Site Occurrences (SSO) and Surgical Site Occurrences requiring procedural Intervention (SSOPI) after open transversus abdominis release and to study various factors affecting it. Secondary ...
BACKGROUND: Colon cancer resection can be technically difficult in the obese (OB) population. Robotic surgery is a promising technique but its benefits remain uncertain in OB patients. The aim of this study is to compare OB versus non-obese (NOB) pat...
Various factors influencing postoperative incisional infection in gynecologic tumors were analyzed, and the value of quality nursing intervention was studied. In this study, 74 surgically treated gynecologic tumor patients were randomly selected from...
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Apr 5, 2021
BACKGROUND: Surgical complications have tremendous consequences and costs. Complication detection is important for quality improvement, but traditional manual chart review is burdensome. Automated mechanisms are needed to make this more efficient. To...
Journal of infection and public health
Jun 16, 2020
BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are the most frequent adverse events in healthcare and a global public health concern. Surveillance is the foundation for effective HAIs prevention and control. Manual surveillance is labor intensiv...
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
Mar 4, 2020
Surgical Site Infection surveillance in healthcare systems is labor intensive and plagued by underreporting as current methodology relies heavily on manual chart review. The rapid adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) has the potential to allo...
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