Economic significance of biofilms: a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge

M Cámara, W Green, CE MacPhee… - npj Biofilms and …, 2022 - nature.com
The increasing awareness of the significance of microbial biofilms across different sectors is
continuously revealing new areas of opportunity in the development of innovative …

Epidemiology of cardiac implantable electronic device infections: incidence and risk factors

HC Han, NM Hawkins, CM Pearman, DH Birnie… - EP …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection is a potentially devastating
complication of CIED procedures, causing significant morbidity and mortality for patients. Of …

Early Lead Extraction for Infected Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices: JACC Review Topic of the Week

DR Lakkireddy, DS Segar, A Sood, MA Wu… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
Infection remains a serious complication associated with the cardiac implantable electronic
devices (CIEDs), leading to substantial clinical and economic burden globally. This review …

Use of healthcare claims to validate the Prevention of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial cardiac implantable electronic device infection risk score

FZ Ahmed, C Blomström-Lundqvist, H Bloom… - EP …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aim The Prevention of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial (PADIT) infection risk score,
developed based on a large prospectively collected data set, identified five independent …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness analyses of an absorbable antibacterial envelope for use in patients at increased risk of cardiac implantable electronic device infection in …

G Boriani, C Kennergren, KG Tarakji, DJ Wright… - Value in Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To model the cost-effectiveness of the TYRX Absorbable Antibacterial Envelope
when used in patients at increased risk of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) …

Prevention and risk assessment of cardiac device infections in clinical practice

A Matteucci, C Pignalberi, C Pandozi, B Magris… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The implantation of cardiac electronic devices (CIEDs), including pacemakers and
defibrillators, has become increasingly prevalent in recent years and has been …

Cost-effectiveness of an antibacterial envelope for cardiac implantable electronic device infection prevention in the US healthcare system from the WRAP-IT trial

BL Wilkoff, G Boriani, S Mittal, JE Poole… - Circulation …, 2020 - ahajournals.org
Background: In the WRAP-IT trial (Worldwide Randomized Antibiotic Envelope Infection
Prevention), adjunctive use of an absorbable antibacterial envelope resulted in a 40 …

Cost-effectiveness of an antibacterial envelope for infection prevention in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy reoperations in Denmark

MHJP Frausing, JB Johansen, D Afonso… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Use of an absorbable antibacterial envelope during implantation prevents cardiac
implantable electronic device infections in patients with a moderate-to-high infection risk …

Chronic kidney disease and transvenous cardiac implantable electronic device infection—is there an impact on healthcare utilization, costs, disease progression, and …

DJ Wright, ME Trucco, J Zhou, C Wolff, R Holbrook… - Europace, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are a burden to hospitals and
costly for healthcare systems. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases the risk of CIED …

Realising the promise of value-based purchasing: experimental evidence of medical device selection

J Matinheikki, K Kenny, K Kauppi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Despite the unparalleled importance of value within healthcare, value-based
models remain underutilised in the procurement of medical devices. Research is needed to …