Comparison between Aquacel and Aquacel Foam dressing on split-thickness skin graft donor site.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of two commonly used moist dressings, Aquacel and Aquacel Foam (both ConvaTec Ltd., UK), in managing split-thickness skin graft (STSG) donor site wounds.

Method: Patients undergoing STSG harvesting for reconstruction were eligible for this quasi-experimental study.

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units can be reduced by prompting physicians to remove unnecessary catheters.

Objective: Indwelling urinary catheters are the most common source of infections in intensive care units (ICUs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of nurse-generated daily reminders to physicians to remove unnecessary urinary catheters 5 days after insertion.

Design: A time-sequence nonrandomized intervention study.

Prognostic evaluation of the expression of p53 and bcl-2 oncoproteins in patients with surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer.

Background: Tumor staging remains the most important prognostic predictor in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the prognostic significance of expression of oncoproteins involved in regulation of cellular uncontrolled proliferation remains controversial.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we investigated the expression of bcl-2 and p53 oncoproteins in 114 surgically resected NSCLC patients (46 stage I, 39 stage II and 29 stage IIIa) using immunohistochemical analysis and correlated the molecular markers with survival.