A Comparison of Three Dressing Methods for Pilonidal Sinus Surgery Wound Healing.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence and risk factors of pressure injury (PI) development after ventricular assist device (VAD) or total artificial heart (TAH) surgery. METHODS:The investigator reviewed all VAD-TAH surgeries performed between 2010 and 2018 in a large academic health system. The PIs were reported by ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Brindle T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans, or Buerger disease, is a rare nonatherosclerotic segmental inflammatory vasculitis that generally affects young tobacco smokers. Although no surgical treatment is available, the most effective way to halt the disease's progress is smoking cessation. In this case report, a 29-year-old smoker...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： D'Alessio I,Settembrini AM,Romagnoli S,Di Luca G,Domanin M,Gabrielli L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To construct and validate an assessment instrument to evaluate the feet of people with diabetes mellitus in Brazil. METHODS:Methodological research developed in three stages: construction of the Assessment Instrument for the Feet of People with Diabetes Mellitus, validation of face and content validity, and ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： da Costa SP,Chavaglia SRR,Ohl RIB,Costa BY,Barbosa MH,Woo K,Gamba MA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the incidence of and risk factors for pressure ulcers among patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. DESIGN:Multicenter trial that included 1258 consecutive patients infected with HIV-1 who had 1815 admissions to 16 acute care infectious disease units in Italy. ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Nicastri E,Viale P,Lyder CH,Cristini F,Martini L,Preziosi G,Dodi F,Irato L,Pan A,Petrosillo N,Gruppo HIV ed Infezioni Ospedaliere.

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：GENERAL PURPOSE:To present an evaluation of a surfactant-containing polymeric membrane foam wound dressing for use on patients with chronic pilonidal sinus disease. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses with an interest in s...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Sibbald RG,Persaud Jaimangal R,Coutts PM,Elliott JA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heel is the second most common area where patients develop pressure ulcers (PrUs). Some of the interventions commonly used today to prevent PrUs have not been empirically tested, whereas other interventions have been studied and shown to prevent heel PrUs. Currently, there are no specific studies comparing a press...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Bales I

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether prostaglandin E2 improves angiogenesis in full-thickness skin grafts. DESIGN:Randomized study SUBJECTS:20 male rabbits, divided into 2 experimental and 2 control groups. METHODOLOGY:Prostaglandin E2 (experimental groups) or prostaglandin E2 vehicle (control groups) was injected locally...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Khozani TT,Noorafshan A,Nikeghbalian S,Panjeh-Shahin MR,Dehghani F,Azizi M,Tanideh N

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bitter melon is a plant fruit that has been shown to exert a hypoglycemic effect when used systemically in patients with diabetes. This study was designed to investigate the topical effect of bitter melon on diabetic wounds using the wound chamber model in rats. DESIGN:Two bilateral wound chambers were impla...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Singh R,Garcia-Gomez I,Gudehithlu KP,Singh AK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess and compare the efficacy of high-voltage electrical stimulation (HVES) with ultrasound (US) in treating Stage II through Stage IV pressure ulcers (PrUs)* of hospitalized patients. DESIGN:This study was designed as a prospective, controlled trial in which patients were rand...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Bora Karsli P,Gurcay E,Karaahmet OZ,Cakci A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide information about initiating interdisciplinary research related to microbiomes and their role in human immunity, disease, and metabolic processes. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care. OBJECTIVES:After parti...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Honaker J,Ammons C,Kelechi T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：GENERAL PURPOSE:To increase health care professionals' awareness and perceptions of the skin as one of the largest body organs with multidimensional aspects and significant implications for interprofessional collaboration in whole-person care. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicia...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Sherman DW,Kamel G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of a pressure injury prevention algorithm on pressure injury prevention. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:This intervention study was conducted in the anesthesiology and reanimation ICU (ARICU) of a university hospital. The study included two sample groups (nurses and patients). All p...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Yilmazer T,Bulut H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Darier disease is an autosomal dominant skin disorder characterized by keratotic papules. After their appearance, these lesions tend to grow over time, producing large and exudative plaques that compromise the general condition of the affected patient's skin. The authors report the clinical case of a patient affected ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： D'Acunto C,Orlandi C,Purpura V,Melandri D

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infected or contaminated wound sites have historically been managed with incision and drainage. Here, the authors review their experience with skin closure over vessel loops and assess the results of this technique in a variety of clinical situations, hypothesizing that minimally invasive drainage strategies ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Steen EH,Tuley JM,King A,Lee TC,Keswani SG

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the cytotoxicities and efficacy of hyaluronan (HA), carbomer, and sodium alginate on repairing thermal-injured cells and promoting cell migration. DESIGN:The 3-(4,5)-dimethylthiahiazo(-z-y1)-3,5-di-phenytetra-zoliumromide method was used to evaluate the cytotoxicities of HA, carbomer, and sodium a...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Guo X,Huang S,Sun J,Wang F

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and evaluate current mathematical formulas used to assess the rate of wound healing. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Systematic Review databases, from 1965 to 2004. STUDY SELECTION:Papers selected for the study met the following inclusion criteria: (1) participants had chronic venous,...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Jessup RL

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a mainstay in the treatment of acute and chronic wounds. Following the success of the Vacuum-Assisted Closure system (Kinetic Concepts Inc [KCI], an Acelity Company, San Antonio, Texas), many similar systems were developed with minor variations. However, these systems...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Serena TE,Buan JS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：GENERAL PURPOSE:To review what is known about pediatric pressure injuries (PIs) and the specific factors that make neonates and children vulnerable. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses with an interest in skin and wound ca...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Delmore B,Deppisch M,Sylvia C,Luna-Anderson C,Nie AM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:The diabetic population is at an increased risk, up to 15% over a lifetime, to develop leg and foot ulcers due to such factors as neuropathy, ischemia, and infection. The tight control of glucose levels as possible is necessary to prevent the diabetic complications by preventing microvascular changes that predi...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Markuson M,Hanson D,Anderson J,Langemo D,Hunter S,Thompson P,Paulson R,Rustvang D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Urinary Bladder Matrix (UBM) is an extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffold. It is now used in wound care management of partial and full-thickness wounds where conventional methods for wound care usually fail to give satisfactory results. OBJECTIVE:In this study, the authors are comparing the healing of full-t...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Eweida A,Saad M,Gabr E,Marei M,Khalil MR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary and metastatic malignancies may occasionally mimic or coexist with cutaneous fungal infections. The authors report 3 cases of cancers that were initially presumed to be cutaneous fungal infections. Dermatologists should maintain a low threshold for skin biopsy in patients with persistent or refractory fungal i...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Ladizinski B,Alavi A,Jambrosic J,Mistry N,Sibbald RG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic bowel surgery has demonstrated patient care benefits of decreased duration of hospital stay, smaller incisions, lower risk of cardiopulmonary complications, and reduced risk of small-bowel obstruction. Resection of complicated diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel disease can be technically challeng...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Senagore AJ,Erwin-Toth P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A continuing complication, pressure injuries are due to sustained mechanical loading and tissue deformations, which can then be exacerbated by additional intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors. Although support surfaces are designed to mitigate risk factors for pressure injuries, the presence of a turn and pos...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Call E,Tanner L,Cheney A,Rappl L,Santamaria N,Gefen A,Oberg C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Qoustic Wound Therapy System (Arobella Medical, LLC, Minnetonka, Minnesota) kills planktonic bacterial cells and/or removes bacterial biofilms. DESIGN:The Qoustic Wound Therapy System was evaluated against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus epidermid...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Karau MJ,Piper KE,Steckelberg JM,Kavros SJ,Patel R

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reverse sural adipofascial flap (RSAF) is used to reconstruct challenging wounds of the foot and ankle. It offers several advantages over the traditional reverse sural flap, including less venous congestion. To complete the reconstruction, split-thickness skin grafting (STSG) may be done immediately or in a delaye...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Pontell ME,Saad N,Winters BS,Daniel JN,Saad A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bed positioning poses a subtle, yet important, tradeoff in the competing needs of hospitalized patients, particularly those susceptible to lower respiratory tract infections and/or pressure ulcers. Although it is widely held that a minimum 30° incline is necessary to mitigate risk of ventilator-acquired pneumonia, it ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Crane BA,Wininger M,Kunsman M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this multicenter study was to prospectively evaluate the healing outcomes of chronic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) treated with PriMatrix (TEI Biosciences, Boston, Massachusetts), a fetal bovine acellular dermal matrix. METHODS:Inclusion criteria required the subjects to have a chronic DFU tha...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Kavros SJ,Dutra T,Gonzalez-Cruz R,Liden B,Marcus B,McGuire J,Nazario-Guirau L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the healing rate of forefoot ulcers in patients with diabetes treated using a total contact cast with those treated using alternative off-loading methods. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of healing rates of forefoot ulcers. SETTING:Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Diabetes Foot Prog...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Birke JA,Pavich MA,Patout CA Jr,Horswell R

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Innovative skin substitutes and temporary wound dressings are frequently used in the treatment of superficial and partial-thickness wounds. The aim of this study was to compare 2 commonly used temporary skin dressings with a newly developed collagen matrix to determine changes in microcirculation as measured ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Held M,Medved F,Petersen W,Tolzmann DS,Rahmanian-Schwarz A,Schaller HE,Rothenberger J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide an overview of moisture management and its importance in wound care. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care. OBJECTIVES:After participating in this educational activity, the participant should be better able t...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Sibbald RG,Elliott JA,Ayello EA,Somayaji R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00