Remote diagnosis of surgical-site infection using a mobile digital intervention: a randomised controlled trial in emergency surgery patients

Remote diagnosis of surgical-site infection using a mobile digital intervention: a randomised controlled trial in emergency surgery patients

Abstract Surgical site infections (SSI) cause substantial morbidity and pose a burden to acute healthcare services after surgery. We aimed to investigate whether a smartphone-delivered wound assessment tool can expedite diagnosis and treatment of SSI after emergency abdominal surgery. This single-bl...

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Main Authors:	Kenneth A. McLean, Katie E. Mountain, Catherine A. Shaw, Thomas M. Drake, Riinu Pius, Stephen R. Knight, Cameron J. Fairfield, Alessandro Sgrò, Matt Bouamrane, William A. Cambridge, Mathew Lyons, Aya Riad, Richard J. E. Skipworth, Stephen J. Wigmore, Mark A. Potter, Ewen M. Harrison, TWIST Collaborators
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:	npj Digital Medicine
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00526-0

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