Victoria M Steelman

Summary

Affiliation: University of Iowa
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Assessment of radiofrequency device sensitivity for the detection of retained surgical sponges in patients with morbid obesity
    Victoria M Steelman
    College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, IowaCity, IA, USA
    Arch Surg 147:955-60. 2012
  2. ncbi Sensitivity of detection of radiofrequency surgical sponges: a prospective, cross-over study
    Victoria M Steelman
    Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Iowa City, IA, USA
    Am J Surg 201:233-7. 2011

Detail Information

Publications2

  1. ncbi Assessment of radiofrequency device sensitivity for the detection of retained surgical sponges in patients with morbid obesity
    Victoria M Steelman
    College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, IowaCity, IA, USA
    Arch Surg 147:955-60. 2012
    ..We hypothesized that the sensitivity and specificity of the RF technology would be comparable to published findings of the manual sponge count by operating room personnel...
  2. ncbi Sensitivity of detection of radiofrequency surgical sponges: a prospective, cross-over study
    Victoria M Steelman
    Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Iowa City, IA, USA
    Am J Surg 201:233-7. 2011
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the detection of surgical sponges embedded with an RF chip through the torsos of subjects of varying body habitus, including the morbidly obese...