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21 Management of Skin Grafts Using Negative Pressure Therapy: The Effect of Varied Pressure on Skin Graft Incorporation Wounds, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
22 A Retrospective, Nonrandomized, Before-and-After Study of the Effect of Linens Constructed of Synthetic Silk-like Fabric on Pressure Ulcer Incidence Full Text Ostomy Wound Management, April 17, 2013 Clinical Article
23 Nutrition 411: Back to Basics: Nutrition as Part of the Overall Wound Treatment Plan Full Text Ostomy Wound Management, April 17, 2013 Review Article
24 The influence of patient and wound variables on healing of venous leg ulcers in a randomized controlled trial of growth-arrested allogeneic keratinocytes and fibroblasts Journal of Vascular Surgery, April 17, 2013 Clinical Article
25 Progress in Practice: The Role of New Foam Dressing Technology in Protection from Skin Breakdown Full Text Ostomy Wound Management, April 16, 2013 Review Article
26 Pressure-redistribution Surfaces for Prevention of Surgery-related Pressure Ulcers: A Meta-Analysis Full Text Ostomy Wound Management, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article
27 Wound cleansing for pressure ulcers Cochrane Reviews, April 15, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
28 Vacuum assisted closure in the management of wound healing disorders in the head and neck: A retrospective analysis of 23 cases American Journal of Otolaryngology, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article
29 Managing Venous Stasis Disease and Ulcers Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, April 11, 2013 Review Article
30 Post-facelift flap necrosis treatment with charged polystyrene microspheres Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery, April 10, 2013 Clinical Article
31 Wound biofilms: Lessons learned from oral biofilms Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 10, 2013 Review Article
32 Chronic venous leg ulcers are associated with high levels of metalloproteinases-9 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 8, 2013 Clinical Article
33 Calponin 3 regulates stress fiber formation in dermal fibroblasts during wound healing Archives of Dermatological Research, April 8, 2013 Clinical Article
34 The Role of Whirlpool in Wound Care The Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, April 5, 2013 Review Article
35 Wound Cleaning and Wound Healing: A Concise Review Advances in Skin and Wound Care, April 5, 2013 Clinical Article
36 Preoperative skin antiseptics for preventing surgical wound infections after clean surgery Cochrane Reviews, April 3, 2013 Review Article
37 Wound drainage after plastic and reconstructive surgery of the breast Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013
38 Non AIDS Kaposis Sarcoma Leading to Lower Extremities Wounds, Case Presentations and Discussion The Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, March 28, 2013
39 Blood Transfusion for Lower Extremity Bypass Is Associated with Increased Wound Infection and Graft Thrombosis Journal of the American College of Surgeons, March 28, 2013 Clinical Article
40 Blocking IL-1{beta} Induces a Healing-associated Wound Macrophage Phenotype and Improves Healing in Type-2 Diabetes Diabetes, March 26, 2013 Review Article
As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.
Read the article summaryAs published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.
Read the article summaryAs published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.
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