A surfactant-based dressing can reduce the appearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pigments and uncover the dermal extracellular matrix in an ex vivo porcine skin wound model.

From previous studies, we have shown that viable colony forming units of bacteria and bacterial biofilms are reduced after sequential treatment with a surfactant-based dressing. Here, we sought to test the impact on visible bacterial pigments and the ultrastructural impact following the sequential treatment of the same surfactant-based dressing. Mature Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms were grown on ex vivo porcine skin explants, and an imaging-based analysis was used to compare the skin with and without a concentrated surfactant.

Publication Productivity Using H-Index to Evaluate Academic Success Among Fellowship-Trained Mohs Surgeons.

Background: The h-index is a measure of research achievement using not only the number of publications of an individual, but also the impact of the publications.

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the h-indices of Mohs surgeons within a variety of practice settings.

Materials And Methods: A list of all American College of Mohs Society (ACMS) members with corresponding fellowships years were collected using the ACMS membership directory.

Training dermatology residents in dermatoscopy: A case control lecture series assessment.

Lack of standardized dermatoscopy training limits confidence and accuracy. We assessed the effect of a dermatoscopy lecture series on the diagnostic accuracy of dermatology residents' biopsies. Additionally, we evaluated resident comfort with and knowledge of dermatoscopy before and after the curriculum.

A blockchain-based infection tracing and notification system by non-fungible tokens.

SARS-CoV2 pandemic is heavily affecting our lives. Many actions have been undertaken to slow down its expansion and, among the others, contact tracing applications are the less invasive to monitor the spread of the virus. The idea behind contact tracing is to track contacts between people by the exchange of identifiers, not linked to individuals, exploiting the use of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology to estimate the duration and proximity of contacts.

A Scoping Review of Current Social Emergency Medicine Research.

Introduction: Social emergency medicine (EM) is an emerging field that examines the intersection of emergency care and social factors that influence health outcomes. We conducted a scoping review to explore the breadth and content of existing research pertaining to social EM to identify potential areas where future social EM research efforts should be directed.

Methods: We conducted a comprehensive PubMed search using Medical Subject Heading terms and phrases pertaining to social EM topic areas (e.