What is it about?
This paper assess the ability of hyperoxia induced by supplemental oxygen in reducing surgical site infection in urological surgeries
Featured Image
Why is it important?
Prevention is always better. Oxygen is relatively cheap and easily available. If it can reduce the infection, it will reduce an important burden
Perspectives
Oxygen has been also mentioned as antibiotic. It has been found to be effective in reducing surgical site infection in color ectal surgery but failed in most of the other. This indicate that oxygen probably not helpful in reducing surgical site infection in clean, clean contaminated types of surgical wound.
Dr Habib Md Reazaul Karim
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Role of perioperative oxygen supplementation in relation to surgical site infection in urological surgery under neuraxial anesthesia, Ain-Shams Journal of Anaesthesiology, January 2015, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/1687-7934.153945.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
