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Can a smartphone-delivered tool facilitate the assessment of surgical site infection and result in earlier treatment? Tracking wound infection with smartphone technology (TWIST): protocol for a randomised controlled trial in emergency surgery patients

INTRODUCTION: National data suggest that surgical site infection (SSI) complicates 2%–10% of general surgery cases, although the patient-reported incidence is much higher. SSIs cause significant patient morbidity and represent a significant burden on acute healthcare services, in a cohort predominan...

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Autores principales: McLean, Kenneth A, Mountain, Katie E, Shaw, Catherine A, Drake, Thomas M, Ots, Riinu, Knight, Stephen R, Fairfield, Cameron J, Sgrò, Alessandro, Skipworth, Richard J E, Wigmore, Stephen J, Potter, Mark A, Harrison, Ewen M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6797297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31585971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029620