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Predictors of surgical site infection after open lower extremity revascularization

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SSI is a common complication after open revascularization and is associated with a more than twofold increased risk of early graft loss and reoperation, suggesting that targeted improvements in perioperative care may decrease complications and improve outcomes in this patient population.
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This article is published in Journal of Vascular Surgery.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 143 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Revascularization & Odds ratio.

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Computer-assisted design and rapid prototype modeling in microvascular mandible reconstruction.

TL;DR: To evaluate the use of computer‐assisted design and rapid prototype modeling to improve the speed and accuracy of mandibular reconstruction.
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The Current State of Critical Limb Ischemia: A Systematic Review

TL;DR: Understanding critical limb ischemia and its treatment strategies is important for providing the best care for affected patients and ongoing randomized clinical trials in North America and the United Kingdom aim to support the best management of these patients.
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Continuous-flow devices and percutaneous site infections: clinical outcomes.

TL;DR: Efforts to enhance driveline integration and to develop future totally implantable systems are warranted after it was found that development of a PSI adversely affects survival.
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Preoperative hyponatremia and perioperative complications.

TL;DR: Preoperative hyponatremia is a prognostic marker for perioperative 30-day morbidity and mortality in adults undergoing major surgery from more than 200 hospitals.
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Perioperative Normothermia to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection and Shorten Hospitalization

TL;DR: Maintaining normothermia intraoperatively is likely to decrease the incidence of infectious complications in patients undergoing colorectal resection and to shorten their hospitalizations.
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Obesity and infection

TL;DR: It is suggested that obese people are more likely than people of normal weight to develop infections of various types including postoperative infections and other nosocomial infections, as well to develop serious complications of common infections.
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Postoperative hyperglycemia and surgical site infection in general surgery patients.

TL;DR: Postoperative hyperglycemia may be the most important risk factor for SSI and Aggressive early postoperative glycemic control should reduce the incidence of SSI.
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The influence of body mass index obesity status on vascular surgery 30-day morbidity and mortality.

TL;DR: Underweight patients have poorer outcomes and class III obesity is associated with increased morbidity, while Mildly obese patients have reduced co-morbid illness, surprisingly even less than normal-class patients, with correspondingly reduced mortality.
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Epidemiology of Acute Infections among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

TL;DR: In conclusion, infection is a primary issue when caring for patients who receive maintenance dialysis and targeted vaccination seems to have variable efficacy in the setting of CKD and is generally underused in this population.
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