Pattern of Long Term Intraocular Pressure Variation following Gonioscopy-assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy: Two-year Outcomes.

Prcis: Patients with clinically uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma submitted to isolated gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy or combined with phacoemulsification not only achieved low mean IOPs, but also demonstrated stable IOP patterns during a 24-month follow-up.

Purpose: To assess the impact of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) on long term intraocular pressure (IOP) variation.

Patients And Methods: An unicentric retrospective study including 169 consecutive patients who had undergone standalone GATT or combined with phacoemulsification (PHACOGATT) due to clinically uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma, with at least 12 months of follow-up was conducted.

Chlorhexidine gluconate bathing of adult patients in intensive care units in São Paulo, Brazil: Impact on the incidence of healthcare-associated infection.

Background: There is an increasing use of daily chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing to decrease healthcare associated infections (HAI). Daily bathing of patients with CHG has been successfully used to prevent multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) HAI in intensive care units (ICU).

Methods: This was a 12-month, single-center, open, cluster randomized trial, conducted at four ICUs of the University Hospital of Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Unifesp, Brazil.