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Indecent Exposure: A descriptive study of wound exposure times associated with dressing changes

open access: yes, 2005
#360The main functions of a wound dressing are to facilitate the healing process and to protect the wound from further trauma. Regular wound dressing changes are required by health professionals to assess wound healing.
Page, T.
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Leaper, David J.   +3 more
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Understanding and preventing wound blistering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Surgical wounds generally heal by primary intention with no significant problems. However, the development of blisters can be painful, extend the inpatient stay, be expensive and may lead to surgical site infection.
Stephenson, John   +2 more
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The evidence supporting the use of honey as a wound dressing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
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., P. C. Molan
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Education in Wound technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This Editorial Article deals with the need for education in wound technologies.During the past twenty years, systematic research on wound healing helped healthcare providers to understand the perspectives of this field.
Vasilopoulos,Georgios
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Research progress on innate lymphoid cells 3 in skin wound healing

open access: yesPifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi
The skin wound healing is a complex physiological process involving coagulation, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Innate immune cells play a crucial role in regulating signaling factors during skin wound healing.
Wei ZHANG   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using honey in wound care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Honey is primarily a herbal product with some modifications that are made by the bees that process the nectar or sap collected from the plants to store as honey. The types of phytochemicals present in a honey depend on the plant source of the honey.
Molan, Peter C., P. C. Molan
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Influence of Accumulation of Humidity under Wound Dressings and Effects on Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL) and Skin Hydration

open access: yesApplied Sciences
The moisture content of the human skin, but also the loss of water through the skin, the transepidermal water loss (TEWL), plays a significant role in the skin’s health. Various medical indications require the use of a wound dressing.
Marc Rauscher   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Downregulation of nutrition sensor GCN2 in macrophages contributes to poor wound healing in diabetes

open access: yesCell Reports
Summary: Poor skin wound healing, which is common in patients with diabetes, is related to imbalanced macrophage polarization. Here, we find that nutrition sensor GCN2 (general control nonderepressible 2) and its downstream are significantly upregulated ...
Yangxiao Hou   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient-Reported Outcomes and Wound-Related Quality of Life in Adults with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated with Silicone Superabsorbent Polymer Dressings: Exploratory Results from a Prospective Multicenter Nonrandomized Cohort Study

open access: yesMedical Devices: Evidence and Research
David G Armstrong,1 Jacek Mikosinski,2 Konrad Panczak,3 Adam Wegrzynowski,4 Dorota Piechota,5 Marek Kotala,6 Przemyslaw Lipinski,7 Katarzyna Rybolowicz,8 Agnieszka Lipinska,7 Vladica Velickovic,9,10 Jacek Bil,11,12 Teresa Szenk,12 Patrycja Buczak,13 ...
Armstrong DG   +14 more
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