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The Role of Natural Products in COVID-19
Published in Hanadi Talal Ahmedah, Muhammad Riaz, Sagheer Ahmed, Marius Alexandru Moga, The Covid-19 Pandemic, 2023
Iqra Akhtar, Sumera Javad, Tehreema Iftikhar, Amina Tariq, Hammad Majeed, Asma Ahmad, Muhammad Arfan, M. Zia-Ul-Haq
This plant is also a member of the family Polygonaceae and mostly found in China, Japan, and Korea. Its root tubers are extracted for biologically active extract. This exudate is used to treat a number of ailments like joint pains, scrofula, rubella, paralysis, malaria, hypercholesterolemia, inflammation, and viral sickness. This plant also acts on ACE-2 receptor site. Ho et al. [157] reported that the bioactive component in this plant is also emodin working in the same way as in Chinese rhubarb. They also suggested that it would be highly appreciable to focus on emodin as anti-corona treatment, source plant may vary, but emodin may be the solution to the problem [157].
Introduction to dermatological treatment
Published in Richard Ashton, Barbara Leppard, Differential Diagnosis in Dermatology, 2021
Richard Ashton, Barbara Leppard
Reduction of excessive exudate (seeAppendix 9, p. 346) Venous ulcers produce serous exudate because of the high hydrostatic pressure. Exudate is a problem because it soaks through bandages, hosiery or wraps and can make a mess of clothing and bedding. Drawing the exudate away from the wound surface will allow better healing.
Case 18
Published in Andrew Solomon, Julia Anstey, Liora Wittner, Priti Dutta, Clinical Cases, 2021
Andrew Solomon, Julia Anstey, Liora Wittner, Priti Dutta
Transudates are caused by decreased oncotic pressure or increased hydrostatic pressure. Common causes of transudates are left ventricular failure, nephrotic syndrome and liver cirrhosis. Exudates are caused by increased capillary permeability. Common causes of exudates are infections, malignancy and connective tissue disease.
Using wound cartoon visual education to enhance nurses’ knowledge of wound care
Published in Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine, 2023
Chair-Hua Lin, Chun-Jung Lin, Kuan-Yu Lin
In wound care management, wound infection may lead to exudate formation, which can delay wound healing (Wong, 2018). Wound healing refers to a complex and highly controlled process that is essential to keep the barrier function of the skin. In the course of various diseases, a series of events involving wound healing may be affected and lead to chronic and non-healing wounds, thereby causing severe discomfort and distress to patients and exhausting a large number of resources in the medical system (Han & Ceilley 2017). However, wound care is expensive and can cause immeasurable stress and inconvenience to both patients and nurses. Meanwhile, nurses play crucial roles in correct holistic wound assessment and treatment (Cornforth, 2013). Given that wound care is managed in multiple settings by different healthcare professionals with various levels of expertise, actual care may greatly vary, thus leading to the insufficient use of evidence-based interventions and excessive interventions based on limited evidence and low-value healthcare (Gray et al., 2018). Therefore, nurses should improve their knowledge of wound care and in-service education should be conducted, wound care counselling and discussion mechanism should be established, and wound care principles and tools should be developed.
Acute wound infections management: the ‘Don’ts’ from a multidisciplinary expert panel
Published in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2020
Gabriele Sganga, Federico Pea, Domenico Aloj, Silvia Corcione, Marina Pierangeli, Stefania Stefani, Gian Maria Rossolini, Francesco Menichetti
Differentiating acute and chronic wound infections is an important step for an optimal patient management. As a matter of fact, it allows clinicians to identify patients at high risk of life-threatening infections and those with SSI and associated biofilm formation [18]. Moreover, wound environment and microbiome of acute and chronic wound infections are different and may require different diagnostic and therapeutic approach. Assessment of signs and symptoms, such as pain, erythema, edema, heat, purulent exudate, serous exudate with concurrent inflammation, delayed healing, discoloration of granulation tissue, friable granulation tissue, pocketing at the base of the wound, foul odor, may be useful for the systematic evaluation of wound infections and should be adopted for monitoring chronic wound infections [19].
Fatal deep neck infection and respiratory arrest
Published in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2019
Michael H. Lee, Ryan A. Carmichael, Andrew M. Read-Fuller, Likith V. Reddy
The patient was taken to the operating room on day 4 for incision and drainage of these abscesses through both intraoral and extraoral routes, at which time a tear in the mucosa adjacent to the left palatine tonsil was visualized. Significant purulent exudate was obtained. Due to lack of clinical improvement, a repeat contrast-enhanced CT was obtained the next day and indicated significant residual fluid collection. Additional surgical drainage was performed on day 6; however, no improvement was noted and her white blood cell count remained over 30 × 109/L. Pressor support was initiated on day 6 due to progressive hemodynamic instability. The hospitalist team obtained magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, which revealed global anoxic brain injury, and the patient’s family elected to withdraw care. The patient died on day 9.