Exudate monitoring in traumatic wounds.

The successful treatment of traumatic wounds is probably the most challenging problem in surgery today. Traumatic wounds that are not amenable to surgical closure may heal by secondary intention, but often, signs of progress are made subjectively. The aim of this article was to determine whether new...

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Publicado en:Wounds UK Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 40 - 44
Autor principal: JEFFERY, SLA
Formato: pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: SB Communications Group, A Schofield Media Company Jun2013
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          Trauma
          Exudates and Transudates
          Wounds and Injuries Therapy
          Monitoring, Physiologic Methods
          Wound Care
          Perioperative Care
          Decision Making, Clinical
          Peptide Hydrolases
          Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
          Wounds, Chronic
          Surgical Debridement
      ab: The successful treatment of traumatic wounds is probably the most challenging problem in surgery today. Traumatic wounds that are not amenable to surgical closure may heal by secondary intention, but often, signs of progress are made subjectively. The aim of this article was to determine whether new wound monitoring devices will provide the clinician with more information about the wound on which to base their clinical decision-making. New approaches to both elevated protease activity (WOUNDCHEK™ Protease Status; Systagenix) and moisture control (WoundSense™; Ohmedics Ltd) are discussed here, designed to provide easy-to-interpret, rapid, point-of-care results that will aid treatment decisions in complex wounds. These new wound monitoring devices should better inform clinicians on identifying those complex wounds with a high probability of nonhealing and, therefore, aid in the treatment of such wounds.
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