Non-invasive Ventilation Interventions for Skin Injury Prevention: Scoping Review
Nursing Reports, 2023 Background: Pressure ulcers associated with the non-invasive ventilation mask can significantly reduce the quality of life of the patient who needs this therapy.
Rita Azevedo, Tânia Manuel, Paulo Alves
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Bundling method to treat extensive thumb fingertip pulp incisions: A case report [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Introduction. Thumb fingertip injuries, often combined with phalanx fracture or torn ligament, are very common. The focus of treatment is on how to rebuild the function and shape of the thumb. Single thumb fingertip pulp injury is more common.
Li Shao-Guang +2 more
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Exploring quality of life, physical and psychosocial morbidity for patients with non-infected wounds: a pilot study [PDF]
, 2014 This article reports on the results of a pilot study exploring health-related quality of life and the experience of being resilient in patients who develop acute, non-infected surgical wounds.
Stephenson, John +3 more
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Understanding effective management of postoperative wounds [PDF]
, 2013 Acute surgical wounds generally heal with no problems. However, some wounds blister around the periwound area and surgical site infection postoperatively, partly due to inappropriate choice of wound dressing.
Ousey, Karen, Roberts, Peter
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The burden of surgical site infections in Australia: A cost-of-illness study
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023 Objective: To estimate the cost of surgical site infections in Australian public hospitals in 2018–19, to demonstrate the economic burden of hospital-associated infection in a well-resourced health system.
Ruth Royle +4 more
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HRB Open Research, 2021 Introduction: Wound healing is characterised by haemostatic, inflammatory, proliferative and remodelling phases. In the presence of comorbidities such as diabetes, healing can stall and chronic wounds may result.
Georgina Gethin +3 more
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Thrombocytosis in patients with spondyloarthritis: a case–control study
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023 Objective This study aimed to investigate the clinical and laboratory as well as radiological features of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients with thrombocytosis and to explore risk factor for thrombocytosis in SpA patients and to assess the effect of ...
Linan Deng, Pingping Zheng
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Glans replantation after a penile traumatic amputation during circumcision
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 Traumatic amputation of the penis is a rare but disabling condition that can occur during self-inflicted injury, felonious assault, accidental trauma, or circumcision.
K.G. Akakpo-Numado +5 more
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Acts of negotiation: toward a grounded theory of nursing practice in chronic wound care in Austria
BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Demographic change and the rise of diabetes mellitus are leading to a projected increase in the prevalence of chronic wounds. People suffering from chronic wounds experience significant losses in their health-related quality of life.
Deborah Drgac, Raffael Himmelsbach
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Bacterial Skin Infections in Livestock and Plant-Based Alternatives to Their Antibiotic Treatment
Animals, 2021 Due to its large surface area, the skin is susceptible to various injuries, possibly accompanied by the entrance of infective agents into the body. Commensal organisms that constitute the skin microbiota play important roles in the orchestration of ...
Lucie Mala +2 more
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