Our findings not only confirm the high prevalence of clinical findings of OSD in glaucoma patients but also reveal new objective parameters measured by keratograph analysis.

Unsedated transnasal endoscopy was safe and had an excellent accuracy and high interobserver agreement for detecting oesophageal varices and for identifying high-risk varices in cirrhotic patients.

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Precut papillotomy can be an effective and relatively safe procedure when performed by an average endoscopist skilled in ERCP. Although the complication rate of precutting tended to be higher than standard papilotomy, this was reasonable since it increased the success of selective biliary cannulation in 25% of cases. Complication rates did not improve with experience.

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Patient readmission for surgical site infection: integrative reviewBackground: Surgical site infections (SSI) represent an inherent risk after surgical procedures associated both to the surgical procedure and to the patient clinical conditions. Aim: To analyze in an integrative review the studies related to patient readmission due to SSI. Material and Method: The review was carried out by LILACS, CINHAL, MEDLINE and COCHRANE databases and articles published from 1966 to 2010 were selected. Results: It was analyzed 13 studies classified as transversal (7), cohort (4) and longitudinal (2). Few studies analyzed only the readmissions related to the SSI. Time to define the readmission ranged from 28 to 90 days after surgery and studies related to orthopedic procedures were more frequent. The ISS readmission rates were lower than 5%. The main aetiological agents isolated from ISS were Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci. Conclusion: Monitoring readmissions due to SSI could contribute to dimension the occurrence of ISS post-discharge, once about half of the SSI post-discharge was diagnosed at the readmission moment.

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