PMID- 10102307
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990415
LR  - 20190831
IS  - 0735-6757 (Print)
IS  - 0735-6757 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 2
DP  - 1999 Mar
TI  - Low- versus high-pressure irrigation techniques in Staphylococcus 
      aureus-inoculated wounds.
PG  - 121-4
AB  - Current teaching emphasizes the importance of high-pressure (5 to 8 pounds per 
      square inch [psi]) irrigation of traumatic wounds. The purpose of this study was 
      to compare the irrigation efficacy, in an animal wound model, of the traditional 
      higher-pressure, lower-volume (HPLV) syringe and catheter method of wound 
      irrigation with a novel lower-pressure, higher-volume (LPHV) "port" method of 
      irrigation. Experimental rat wounds were inoculated and incubated for 1 to 5 
      hours with a pathogenic strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, then irrigated 
      with one of the two methods. Irrigation times, mean irrigation pressures, and 
      bacterial removal of the two techniques were compared. LPHV irrigation times were 
      one third those of the HPLV. Mean irrigation pressures were 8.8 psi for HPLV and 
      1.6 psi for LPHV. HPLV and LPHV were found to be equally effective at washing out 
      bacteria from the inoculated wounds at all times studied.
FAU - Pronchik, D
AU  - Pronchik D
AD  - Emergency Medicine Residency of the Lehigh Valley, St. Luke's Hospital, 
      Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
FAU - Barber, C
AU  - Barber C
FAU - Rittenhouse, S
AU  - Rittenhouse S
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Emerg Med
JT  - The American journal of emergency medicine
JID - 8309942
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Colony Count, Microbial
MH  - Equipment Design
MH  - Hydrostatic Pressure
MH  - Male
MH  - Rats
MH  - Rats, Sprague-Dawley
MH  - Staphylococcal Infections/*therapy
MH  - *Staphylococcus aureus
MH  - Therapeutic Irrigation/*instrumentation
EDAT- 1999/04/02 00:00
MHDA- 1999/04/02 00:01
CRDT- 1999/04/02 00:00
PHST- 1999/04/02 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/04/02 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/04/02 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0735-6757(99)90041-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0735-6757(99)90041-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Emerg Med. 1999 Mar;17(2):121-4. doi: 10.1016/s0735-6757(99)90041-4.