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ABSTRACT Pressure injuries represent a significant public health challenge in the context of global population aging. As China faces rapid aging, the characteristics of its disease burden and the strategies for prevention and control remain unclear.
Ruijuan Li +5 more
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In bedridden patients, the constant load between the body and the support surface increases the risk of soft tissue injuries. Understanding body–mattress interactions is the key to developing pressure‐reducing support surfaces. Sensors at the material–body interface provide crucial information but may alter interactions by changing local mechanics.
Tino A. Jucker +4 more
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The evidence supporting the use of honey as a wound dressing [PDF]
Some clinicians are under the impression that there is little or no evidence to support the use of honey as a wound dressing. This impression is reinforced by it being concluded in systematic reviews that the evidence is not of a high standard.
Molan, Peter C.
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Surgical rehabilitation of patients with spinal neurotrophic decubitus
The greatest weight neurodystrophic process develops in traumatic spinal cord injury, appears as neurotrophic decubitus (bedsores). There is a high risk of wound infection in the event of pressure ulcers.
S. G. Shapovalov, E. P. Suhoparova
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Complications associated with hospitalization after spinal cord injury
: Background: Spinal cord injuries are a traumatic phenomenon not only for the physical sphere, but equally affect the human psyche. The patient ceases to be independent in his actions, he must face a completely new situation for himself and the ...
Michał Wilczyński +13 more
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Antioxidant Capacity of Rigenase®, a Specific Aqueous Extract of Triticum vulgare
Reactive species of oxygen (ROS), responsible for oxidative stress, accumulate in various tissues damaged by burns, decubitus ulcers, and vascular lesions.
Immacolata Antonucci +6 more
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A systematic review of cost-effectiveness analyses of complex wound interventions reveals optimal treatments for specific wound types. [PDF]
BackgroundComplex wounds present a substantial economic burden on healthcare systems, costing billions of dollars annually in North America alone.
Antony, Jesmin +7 more
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Southwest Research Institute assistance to NASA in biomedical areas of the technology utilization program Final report, 1 Feb. 1969 - 24 Aug. 1970 [PDF]
Research progress in technology transfer by NASA Biomedical Application ...
Culclasure, D. F., Eckhardt, L.
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Pressure ulcers and Charcot's definitions: report on two cases
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Pressure ulcers are lesions caused by inadequate blood flow and tissue malnourishment secondary to prolonged pressure on skin, soft connective tissues, muscle and/or bones.
Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive +3 more
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Decubitus ulcers or pressure sores are local tissue necrosis when soft tissue is compressed between the bony prominences and the external surface for a long period of time, due to pressure or due to frictional forces.
Fransiskus Salesius Onggang +3 more
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