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Predictive application of foam dressing on preventing of auricle pressure injury caused by ear dressing [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Objective: The use of foam dressings has been regarded as part of the individualized care plan in clinical practice. Our study aimed to compare the predictive application of foam dressing and conventional nursing method in the prevention of auricle ...
Na Liao, Fang Wang, Xufang He, Leiji Li, Jing Fei   +4 more
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Development of polyurethane foam dressing containing silver and asiaticoside for healing of dermal wound [PDF]

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019
Polyurethane foam dressings for dermal wounds were formulated with natural polyols in order to improve the foam characteristics and the release of 2 active agents, silver and asiaticoside (AS) as an antimicrobial agent and an herbal wound healing agent ...
Nantaporn Namviriyachote, Vimolmas Lipipun, Yada Akkhawattanangkul, Phingphol Charoonrut, Garnpimol C. Ritthidej   +4 more
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Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background: Pressure ulcers, also known as pressure injuries and bed sores, are localised areas of injury to the skin or underlying tissues, or both. Dressings made from a variety of materials, including foam, are used to treat pressure ulcers.
Ashby, Bale, Bale, Banks, Banks, Banks, Banks, Cardinal, Chaby, Dealey, Diehm, Gillespie, Graves, Guyatt, Hamilton, Harker, Higgins, House, Husereau, Lahmann, Liberati, Maylor, Meaume, Miles, Moore, Münter, National Pressure UIcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP), Nguyen, Oleske, Palao, Parish, Payne, Piatkowski, Pieper, Polit, Reddy, Reid, Reynolds, Romanelli, Schulz, Seeley, Shanin, Smith, Sopata, Souliotis, Thomas, Tierney, Vanderwee, VanGilder, Wagstaff, Walker, Westby, Winter, Winter, Winter, Zimny   +55 more
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Antimicrobial hydrogel foam dressing with controlled release of gallium maltolate for infection control in chronic wounds [PDF]

Bioactive Materials
Effective treatment of infection in chronic wounds is critical to improve patient outcomes and prevent severe complications, including systemic infections, increased morbidity, and amputations.
Ziyang Lan, Leopold Guo, Alan Fletcher, Nicolai Ang, Canaan Whitfield-Cargile, Laura Bryan, Shannara Welch, Lauren Richardson, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez   +8 more
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Effectiveness of a Single‐Use Polyurethane Foam Positioning Pad Compared With Five‐Layer Foam Sacral Dressing for Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Operating Room: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Among cardiac surgery patients, risk factors for pressure ulcers include prolonged pressure exposure during lengthy surgeries, vascular disease, and postoperative vasopressor use.
Ebtisam Abdellatif Elhihi, Samah Ali Almuwallad, Bayan Mansour Alqrashi, Esmail Mohamed Nada, Naif Ahmed Alduaiji, Abdullah Abdulrahman Alfakeeh   +5 more
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Hydrocellular foam dressing promotes wound healing along with increases in hyaluronan synthase 3 and PPARα gene expression in epidermis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundHydrocellular foam dressing, modern wound dressing, induces moist wound environment and promotes wound healing: however, the regulatory mechanisms responsible for these effects are poorly understood. This study was aimed to reveal the effect of
Takumi Yamane, Gojiro Nakagami, Sawako Yoshino, Aimi Muramatsu, Sho Matsui, Yuichi Oishi, Toshiki Kanazawa, Takeo Minematsu, Hiromi Sanada   +8 more
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Efficacy of different types of dressings on pressure injuries: Systematic review and network meta‐analysis

Nursing Open, 2023
Aim To investigate the effectiveness of different dressings on pressure injuries and screen the dressings for efficacy. Design Systematic review and network meta‐analysis.
Chunjin Zhang, Shu Zhang, Bo Wu, Kang Zou, Hong Chen   +4 more
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Polyurethane foam for skin graft fixation in clinical-relevant ovine burn wound model for wound repair and regeneration research

Regenerative Therapy, 2020
The availability of clinical-relevant large animal models for research in wound healing study is limited. Although a few reports described the wound dressing fixation method using polyurethane foam in patients, no animal studies were conducted to ...
Yosuke Niimi, Satoshi Fukuda, Suzan Alharbi, Donald S. Prough, Perenlei Enkhbaatar   +4 more
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Efficacy of the Quorum Sensing Inhibitor FS10 Alone and in Combination with Tigecycline in an Animal Model of Staphylococcal Infected Wound. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
In staphylococci, quorum sensing regulates both biofilm formation and toxin production, moreover it has been demonstrated to be inhibited by RNAIII inhibiting peptide (RIP).
Oriana Simonetti, Oscar Cirioni, Ivana Cacciatore, Leonardo Baldassarre, Fiorenza Orlando, Elisa Pierpaoli, Guendalina Lucarini, Elena Orsetti, Mauro Provinciali, Erika Fornasari, Antonio Di Stefano, Andrea Giacometti, Annamaria Offidani   +12 more
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A crossover intervention trial evaluating the efficacy of a chlorhexidine-impregnated sponge in reducing catheter-related bloodstream infections among patients undergoing hemodialysis [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Catheter-related bloodstream infections (BSI) account for the majority of hemodialysis-related infections. There are no published data on the efficacy of the chlorhexidine-impregnated foam dressing at reducing catheter-related BSI in ...
Camins, Bernard C, Coyne, Daniel W, Dyer, Kathrin L, Fraser, Victoria J, Richmond, Amy M, Rothstein, Marcos, Zimmerman, Heather N   +6 more
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