Publications by authors named "Joanne Donnelly"
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- The REGAIN trial found that spinal and general anesthesia provide similar outcomes regarding ambulation and survival after hip fracture surgery.
- In a secondary analysis, researchers compared pain levels, analgesic use, and patient satisfaction between the two anesthesia types.
- Results indicated that spinal anesthesia led to more severe pain in the first 24 hours post-surgery and higher prescription analgesic use at 60 days, while patient satisfaction remained comparable across both groups.
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- Despite the common use of antibiotics, surgical site infections remain prevalent in patients with fractures, prompting the need to explore better prevention methods.
- An open-label randomized clinical trial tested the impact of intrawound vancomycin powder on reducing deep surgical site infections in high-risk patients undergoing tibial plateau or pilon fracture surgeries across multiple US trauma centers.
- Results showed that the treatment group had a lower incidence of deep infections (6.4%) compared to the control group (9.8%), with the vancomycin specifically showing a significant effect on gram-positive infections, indicating its potential as an effective intervention in surgical settings.
A biological methanation system based on nutrient recycling via mixed culture microbial catabolism was investigated at mesophilic (37 °C) and thermophilic (55 °C) temperatures. At mesophilic temperatures, the formation of biofilms on two different types of material was assessed. Results showed that with intense mixing the biofilm reactors presented methanogenic capacities (per working volume) 50% higher than the ones operated with suspended cultures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmmonia inhibition mitigation in anaerobic digestion of high solids content of thermally hydrolysed secondary sewage sludge by the NH affinitive clinoptilolite and a strong acid type ion-exchange resin S957 was investigated. Continuous NH-N removal was achieved through ion-exchanging at both temperatures with average removals of 50 and 70% for the clinoptilolite and resin dosed reactors, respectively. Approximate 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel eco-engineered mixed anaerobic culture was successfully demonstrated for the first time to be capable of continuous regeneration in nutrient limiting conditions. Microbial catabolism has been found to support a closed system of nutrients able to enrich a culture of lithotrophic methanogens and provide microbial cell recycling. After enrichment, the hydrogenotrophic species was the dominating methanogens while a bacterial substratum was responsible for the redistribution of nutrients.
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