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WWound Management News

Maggots Faster Than Scalpel in Wound Debridement A randomized trial comparing maggot debridement therapy with conventional scalpel debridement shows greater benefit with maggot debridement therapy at 1 week, but not after.
Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2011
ASA Intense Exercise Preop May Improve Surgical Outcomes Short bursts of exhaustive exercise raised endothelial progenitor cells and produced reactive hyperemia, indicating a physiologic stress response and leading to better outcomes.
Medscape Medical News, October 21, 2011

ICAAC Preoperative Chlorhexidine Wash Superior to Povidone-Iodine
September 2011
ICAAC Maggot Debridement Promotes Healing of Long-Standing Wounds
September 2011
Obesity Linked to Infection After Colon Surgery
May 2011
SHEA Team Approach Cuts Infection Risk After Orthopedic Surgery
May 2011

WWound Management Perspectives

MRSA Colonization and the Risk for MRSA Infection Active surveillance of surgical patients, identifying those colonized, and then providing treatment – does it work?
Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 29, 2011
PRP Systems Vary Widely in Effective Wound Healing A study of 2 wound-healing devices shows big differences in platelet and leukocyte concentrations and anabolic growth factors.
Medscape Orthopaedics, September 28, 2011

Florida 'Gag Law' on Asking Patients About Firearms
Medscape Public Health, July 22, 2011
A Practical Approach to Decreasing Surgical Site Infections
Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 24, 2011
Perioperative Normothermia and Surgical Site Infections
Medscape General Surgery, December 14, 2010
Surgical Site Infections After Cardiac Surgery: Surveillance and Reimbursement
Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 27, 2010

Journals

The Natural History of Pedal Puncture Wounds in Diabetics
BMC Surgery, February 8, 2012
Chronic Inflammation and Immunology in Malignant Disease
Immunotherapy, January 12, 2012
Obesity and the Skin
The British Journal of Dermatology, October 11, 2011
Preventing Postoperative Infection: The Anaesthetist's Role
Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain, September 27, 2011
Wound Bed Preparation and Re-epithelialization
Wounds, September 20, 2011

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