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Dermatologic Clinics, 1993
Dressings are applications for wounds, burns, and ulcers. Dressings should be regarded as supportive of healing; they are desirable but not essential in an emergency. This article reviews measurement of wound healing and the functions of wound dressings. A variety of dressings and their respective advantages and disadvantages are discussed.
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Dressings are applications for wounds, burns, and ulcers. Dressings should be regarded as supportive of healing; they are desirable but not essential in an emergency. This article reviews measurement of wound healing and the functions of wound dressings. A variety of dressings and their respective advantages and disadvantages are discussed.
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Primary Health Care, 2001
Each child, wound and wound site is unique and these factors will impact on the type of dressing the nurse decides to use. Wound dressings broadly fall into a number of classes, depending on the material they are made of. The nurse should be aware of the particular characteristics of each class of dressing and the impact these can have on wound healing.
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Each child, wound and wound site is unique and these factors will impact on the type of dressing the nurse decides to use. Wound dressings broadly fall into a number of classes, depending on the material they are made of. The nurse should be aware of the particular characteristics of each class of dressing and the impact these can have on wound healing.
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Geriatric Nursing, 1997
With more than 2000 wound care products on the market, choosing an appropriate dressing for the geriatric patient can prove to be a difficult task. Age-related changes in skin structure and decreased resistance to noxious stimuli in the environment place the elderly patient at higher risk for wound complications.
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With more than 2000 wound care products on the market, choosing an appropriate dressing for the geriatric patient can prove to be a difficult task. Age-related changes in skin structure and decreased resistance to noxious stimuli in the environment place the elderly patient at higher risk for wound complications.
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The American Journal of Surgery, 1994
Abdominal incisions typically are covered with conventional gauze or not dressed at all, since it is commonly believed that dressings do not influence the healing process. Also, patient personal hygiene is not facilitated when gauze type dressings are used, and frequent changes are time consuming and sometimes painful. Following creation of an adjacent
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Abdominal incisions typically are covered with conventional gauze or not dressed at all, since it is commonly believed that dressings do not influence the healing process. Also, patient personal hygiene is not facilitated when gauze type dressings are used, and frequent changes are time consuming and sometimes painful. Following creation of an adjacent
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Nursing Standard, 1990
Cavity wounds should be dressed with specially developed pastes and gels rather then the traditional ribbon gauze dressing, a clinical nurse specialist has claimed.
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Cavity wounds should be dressed with specially developed pastes and gels rather then the traditional ribbon gauze dressing, a clinical nurse specialist has claimed.
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Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional, 1999
Choosing the appropriate wound dressing is critical to positive patient outcomes. This article helps the nurse choose dressings based on principles of wound care management and comprehensive assessment. Tools are provided to choose the different products that can be used as the wound progresses through the stages of healing.
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Choosing the appropriate wound dressing is critical to positive patient outcomes. This article helps the nurse choose dressings based on principles of wound care management and comprehensive assessment. Tools are provided to choose the different products that can be used as the wound progresses through the stages of healing.
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The American Journal of Surgery, 1994
Wounds will readily acquire bacteria, unless protective measures are taken. The bacterial protection afforded by conventional absorbent cellulose dressings has been shown to be limited, particularly in the presence of serous exudate that may compromise dressing integrity. In addition, dressings may shed particles that remain in the wound.
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Wounds will readily acquire bacteria, unless protective measures are taken. The bacterial protection afforded by conventional absorbent cellulose dressings has been shown to be limited, particularly in the presence of serous exudate that may compromise dressing integrity. In addition, dressings may shed particles that remain in the wound.
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Nursing Standard, 2016
Essential facts A chronic wound is usually defined as any wound that has not healed for six weeks or more. In the UK, about 200,000 people are experiencing a chronic wound at any one time, with an estimated annual cost to the NHS of around £4 billion. According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) the selection of dressings ...
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Essential facts A chronic wound is usually defined as any wound that has not healed for six weeks or more. In the UK, about 200,000 people are experiencing a chronic wound at any one time, with an estimated annual cost to the NHS of around £4 billion. According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) the selection of dressings ...
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Nursing Management (Springhouse), 1996
Significant advances in wound healing technologies dramatically enhance the health provider's ability to achieve optimal wound healing. Maximal success in treating both pressure and skin ulcers, however, remains with the fundamental principles of moist wound healing, pressure relief, local and systemic infection control and adequate nutrition.
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Significant advances in wound healing technologies dramatically enhance the health provider's ability to achieve optimal wound healing. Maximal success in treating both pressure and skin ulcers, however, remains with the fundamental principles of moist wound healing, pressure relief, local and systemic infection control and adequate nutrition.
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American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2000
The goal of management of wounds is the return of patients to their usual function as soon as possible. In the community, there are several conditional elements in this management goal — the patient does not exist in isolation, and medical or social conditions may influence the optimal wound-healing process.
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The goal of management of wounds is the return of patients to their usual function as soon as possible. In the community, there are several conditional elements in this management goal — the patient does not exist in isolation, and medical or social conditions may influence the optimal wound-healing process.
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