TIME UNTIL THE START OF ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS AND THE RISK OF OPEN FRACTURE INFECTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.

Open fractures are highly incident injuries closely related to the modern life, in which accidents caused by motor vehicles or other machines impart high energy to bone tissue. Individual morbidity is represented by the functional impairment resultant of infection, nonunion, or vicious healing. In terms of public health, there are huge costs involved with the treatment of these fractures, particularly with their complications.

A prospective survey of veterinary anesthesia equipment in Alberta, Canada, using a standardized checkout procedure.

Background: In both human and veterinary medicine, it is recommended that an anesthetic machine checkout procedure (preuse check) be performed daily, with some items tested before each case, to confirm safe function and the check results recorded.

Objective: The objective of this prospective study was to evaluate anesthetic machines in private veterinary clinics in Alberta (Canada) using a standardized checkout procedure.

Animals And Procedures: One-hundred consecutive anesthetic machines were assessed.

Evaluation of Job-Related Anxiety Symptoms Among Brazilian Social Security Medical Experts.

Objectives: The function of a medical expert within the scope of the Brazilian social security system consists of medically evaluating the examinee to draw a conclusive opinion on the person's working ability capacity and to characterize the disability for social security and assistance purposes. Forensic decisions inevitably converge on two opposite outcomes: concession or refusal. Rejection is against the interests of the candidates, who can direct their disappointment and dissatisfaction at the professional, exposing the latter to potentially stressful situations.