Antibiotic prophylaxis as a quality of care indicator: does it help in the fight against surgical site infections following fragility hip fractures?

Introduction: Fragility hip fractures are associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and costs. To improve patient care, quality indicator programs were introduced. Yet, the efficacy of these programs and specific quality indicators are questioned.

PEO-PPO-PEO-based poly(ether ester urethane)s as degradable reverse thermo-responsive multiblock copolymers.

Aiming at developing biodegradable thermo-responsive polymers that display enhanced rheological properties, a family of PEO-PPO-PEO based poly(ether ester urethane)s, was developed. The materials were produced following a two-step synthetic pathway. The PEO-PPO-PEO triblocks were first end-capped with LA or CL oligo(ester)s whereby pentablocks were produced.