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.
Charmaine ChildsNicola WrightJon WillmottMatthew DaviesKaren KilnerKaren OuseyHora SoltaniPriya MadhuvrataJohn StephensonPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2019)
IRT imaging of wound and abdomen in obese women undergoing c-section improves upon visual (subjective) wound assessment. The proportion of cases correctly classified using the wound-abdominal temperature differences holds promise for precision and performance of IRT as an independent SSI prognostic tool and future technology to aid decision making in antibiotic prescribing.
Keyphrases
- surgical site infection
- early stage
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- adipose tissue
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- primary care
- high resolution
- pregnancy outcomes
- obese patients
- cervical cancer screening
- squamous cell carcinoma
- bariatric surgery
- insulin resistance
- radiation therapy
- big data
- breast cancer risk
- pregnant women
- physical activity
- lymph node
- drug induced