Preventing pressure ulcers in aged care by auditing, and changing, work practices
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: Two nurse consultants concerned with ongoing pressure ulcer development in a 44-bed residential aged care facility in Sydney, Australia, audited pressure ulcers and the use of air mattresses.
Catherine Sharp , Julie Campbell
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Samverkan och lärande kring sårbehandling : erfarenheter från olika professionsperspektiv i primärvård och utbildning [PDF]
, 2017 Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is to explore collaboration and knowledge development in wound management in practice and in education. One specific aim is to investigate district nurses’ (DNs’) wound management according to wound appearance ...
Friman, Anne
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Effectiveness Wound Care Using Modern Dressing Method to Diabetic Wound Healing Process of Patient with Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]
, 2017 Diabetes mellitus causes a lot of various complaints and complications. One of the most serious and most common complications is diabetic ulcers. Prevention of diabetic ulcer complications can be done with comprehensive wound care.
purnomo, J. (joyo), Santoso, W. (Windu)
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Clinical usage of honey as a wound dressing: An update [PDF]
, 2004 Honey is an ancient treatment that is increasingly earning its place in modern wound care. Evidence suggests it compares with other dressings in terms of its antibacterial properties, ease of use and ability to promote a moist ...
Molan, Peter C.
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Exploring Resilience When Living with a Wound — An Integrative Literature Review [PDF]
, 2014 The psychological impact for patients with wounds can be significant, and adverse psychological effects frequently occur when there are permanent changes in the body’s structure or function.
Edward, Karen-Leigh, Ousey, Karen
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Evaluation of the Healing Progress of Pressure Ulcers Treated with Cathodal High-Voltage Monophasic Pulsed Current: Results of a Prospective, Double-blind, Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of high-voltage monophasic pulsed current (HVMPC) as an adjunct to a standard wound care for the treatment of Stage II and III pressure ulcers (PrUs).
Agnieszka Nawrat-Szoltysik +9 more
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Nutrition & Diabetes, 2021 To develop an accurate method for evaluating the relative contributions of basal glucose (BG) and postprandial glucose (PPG) to glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in subjects with hyperglycaemia using a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS®).
Jing Ma +11 more
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]
, 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.
Astagneau +42 more
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Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2021 Both diabetes mellitus and Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT) can lead to severe peripheral neuropathy. The differential diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy is difficult due to the similar clinical features.
Zhe Yan +4 more
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Role of screening in preventing diabetic foot storm
Medicine Science, 2022 With diabetes mellitus increasing at an alarming rate worldwide, so are its complications. A dreaded and neglected complication of diabetes is diabetic foot.
Amit Kumar C Jain
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