Clinical controversies in abdominal sepsis. Insights for critical care settings.

Sepsis is a deadly condition in which the outcome is associated with prompt and adequate recognition, intensive supportive care, antibiotic administration and source control. This last item makes abdominal sepsis a unique treatment challenge. Although pneumonia constitutes the leading cause of sepsis, abdominal sepsis has unique features that merit discussion.

Tracking Clinical Staff Behaviors in an Operating Room.

Inadequate staff behaviors in an operating room (OR) may lead to environmental contamination and increase the risk of surgical site infection. In order to assess this statement objectively, we have developed an approach to analyze OR staff behaviors using a motion tracking system. The present article introduces a solution for the assessment of individual displacements in the OR by: (1) detecting human presence and quantifying movements using a motion capture (MOCAP) system and (2) observing doors' movements by means of a wireless network of inertial sensors fixed on the doors and synchronized with the MOCAP system.

Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to infectious diseases in solid organ transplant recipients.

Purpose: Prognosis of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients has improved, mainly because of better prevention of rejection by immunosuppressive therapies. However, SOT recipients are highly susceptible to conventional and opportunistic infections, which represent a major cause of morbidity, graft dysfunction and mortality.

Methods: Narrative review.

Managing Acinetobacter baumannii infections.

Purpose Of Review: We reviewed recent data about epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii, resistance mechanisms, and therapeutic options for severe infections caused by multidrug-resistant strains.

Recent Findings: A. baumannii is a major cause of nosocomial infections affecting mainly to debilitating patients in the ICU, although the spread to regular wards and to long-term care facilities is increasing.