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PubMed1992

Epidemiology of infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in burn patients: the role of hydrotherapy.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa remains a cause of serious wound infection and mortality in burn patients. By means of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and a DNA probe for the pilin gene of Pseudomonas, a lethal strain of nosocomial P. aeruginosa was identified as the cause of an outbreak of wound infections among burn patients. Environmental surveys suggested an association of the outbreak with hydrotherapy provided to many patients in a common facility. In a trial of burn wound care without hydrotherapy, overall mortality was reduced significantly, mortality associated with pseudomonas sepsis was eliminated, and the strain of P. aeruginosa associated with earlier mortality was eradicated. Moreover, fewer nosocomial pseudomonas infections, lower levels of pseudomonas resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics, significantly fewer pseudomonas infections of skin graft donor sites, and later appearance of Pseodomonas species in burn patients were found during the period when hydrotherapy was not used.

Adolescent↗
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Learning disabilities. Using hydrotherapy: maximising benefits.

People with a learning disability are increasingly using hydrotherapy for exercise, socialising, and the release of tension and energy. For those with a physical disability, it offers an opportunity for independent activity from which they may be precluded outside the hydrotherapy pool. The author discusses guidelines for staff involved in hydrotherapy sessions before examining in detail the benefits this form of treatment has to offer.

Humans↗
PubMed1991

Hydrotherapy pools of the future--the avoidance of health problems.

The need to minimize the threat of infection to patients and the high incidence of health problems in hydrotherapy pool workers, have led to recommendations especially tailored to the design and operation of the water and air treatment plant of hydrotherapy pools. Hitherto unpublished surveys are detailed which confirm that pathogenic species of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in pools (in which ears may be wetted) cause a high incidence of otitis externa, but rarely cause body rashes (pseudomonas folliculitis) unless there has also been prolonged skin wetting. In brominated pools contact dermatitis is common and can be distinguished clinically from pseudomonas folliculitis by the onset of a pruritic rash less than 12 hours after exposure to the pool and reactivation of the rash on re-exposure to the brominated pool.

Cross Infection↗
PubMed1977

[Immunological changes during hydrotherapy].

Immunological tests were performed in 34 patients undergoing hydrotherapy according to Kneipp. IgM, alpha2-macroglobulin and complement factor C3 concentrations were increased after this treatment, but not in ten healthy volunteers. Specific antibody activities (staphylococci, E. coli, streptococci) remained unchanged. After intracutaneous testing with different protein and bacterial antigens reactions were significantly more intense (diameter of reaction) after hydrotherapy, while total number of reacting patients remained the same. Pokeweed stimulation ratio was increased in the lymphocyte transformation test, while PHA and PPD stimulation rates remained unaltered.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

[Hydrotherapy pools, microbiological and chemical results (author's transl)].

The results of microbiological and chemical examinations of water samples collected from hydrotherapy pools for non incontinent patients proved that the officially agreed parameters for the surveillance of public swimming pools (Osterr. Bäderhygiene-Gesetz and Verordnung) have to be extended to meet the requirements of epidemiology. Similarly the requirements for treatment and operating conditions of those waters should be more rigorous. Minimal requirements for the treatment of water in hydrotherapy pools are recommended. The results of the study indicated also that the microbicide action of chlorine (chlorine gas, hypochlorite solution) was superior to those of DIHALO (chlorine-bromine-hydantoine). Suggestions are made for proper handling of waters which would lose their therapeutical potencies by any kind of treatment.

Baths↗
PubMed1975

[Hydrotherapy in cauterization wounds. A histologic study (author's transl)].

Investigations have have been carried out in guinea pigs to test the usefullness of hydrotherapy. Concentrated sulfuric acid was applied to the skin for a period of 30 sec and 5 min. After this the skin was washed with tap water for 1 hr. The treated area was then subjected to macroscopic and microscopic examination. When the acid was applied for 30 sec, followed by rinsing, an almost complete restitution of the skin was found on the test area macroscopically and microscopically. Significant differences were also observed after an exposition of 5 min in comparison with untreated control animals.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

Hydrotherapy burn treatment: use of chloramine-T against resistant microorganisms.

The presence of highly resistant gram-negative microogranisms is an area of major concern in the treatment of burned patients. Criteria for the germicide used for hydrotherapy must include effectiveness against the organism, absence of gross side effects, and conservation of human effort and materials. In the program described, these criteria seem to be successfully met. Microbial samplings from numerous patients and repeated examinations of residue taken from equipment demonstrate the elimination of pseudomonas and other gram-negative organisms.

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