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The surgical wound in infrared: thermographic profiles and early stage test-accuracy to predict surgical site infection in obese women during the first 30 days after caesarean section

BACKGROUND: Prophylactic antibiotics are commonly prescribed intra-operatively after caesarean section birth, often at high doses. Even so, wound infections are not uncommon and obesity increases the risk. Currently, no independent wound assessment technology is available to stratify women to low or...

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Autores principales: Childs, Charmaine, Wright, Nicola, Willmott, Jon, Davies, Matthew, Kilner, Karen, Ousey, Karen, Soltani, Hora, Madhuvrata, Priya, Stephenson, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30637101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0461-7