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Wound Tissue Classification with Convolutional Neural Networks
Published in Kayvan Najarian, Delaram Kahrobaei, Enrique Domínguez, Reza Soroushmehr, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medicine, 2022
Rafael M. Luque-Baena, Francisco Ortega-Zamorano, Guillermo López-García, Francisco J. Veredas
The healing of a chronic or acute wound is a complex process that constitutes one of the main problems in the field of healthcare. The main types of wounds include chronic wounds, such as pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and arterial and venous ulcers, as well as acute wounds, such as surgical wounds, burns, etc. It has been estimated that around 451 million people in the world are affected by different types of diabetes (Cho et al. 2018) and could suffer from diabetic foot ulcers, which is one of the main diseases associated with diabetes. The global prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers has been estimated at 6.3% (Zhang et al. 2017), while it is estimated that around 15% of diabetics will develop a diabetic foot ulcer in their lifetime (Reiber 1996). On the other hand, it is estimated that 1% (Ruckley 1997; Bergqvist et al. 1999) of the population suffering from chronic venous insufficiency – which has an overall prevalence of 25–40% and 10–20% in women and men, respectively (Al Shammeri et al. 2014) – is affected by venous ulcers. In the specific case of pressure ulcers, they are responsible for a high mortality rate, close to 30%, among the older population (Landi et al. 2007). Acute and chronic wound care has a high impact on the budgets of health systems. In a recent study carried out in the United States, it has been estimated that the annual cost of wound care in that country rises in a range of between 28.1 billion dollars and 96.8 billion dollars, affecting more than eight millions of people who have suffered from these wounds (Sen 2019).
Infection prevention and control
Published in Nicola Neale, Joanne Sale, Developing Practical Nursing Skills, 2022
Infection is a condition in which body tissues are damaged due to the presence of microorganisms or toxins they produce. Common signs of infection include pyrexia plus pain, heat, swelling, increased wound exudate, tenderness and redness at the site of infection.
Injuries Due to Burns and Cold
Published in Ian Greaves, Keith Porter, Jeff Garner, Trauma Care Manual, 2021
Ian Greaves, Keith Porter, Jeff Garner
After assessment of the wound, it should be dressed to minimize discomfort and distress and keep it clean until subsequent treatment takes place. These dressings may be the definitive treatment or be used only until surgical management of the wound commences. If the latter, the dressings are generally kept as simple and inexpensive as possible and emollient creams such as silver sulphadiazine (Flamazine™) are avoided.
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 addition, applying the correct wound dressing and ensuring wound drying are important tasks in wound care (Ubbink et al., 2015). Welsh (2018) indicated that wound care is a necessary measure to promote wound healing. Correct knowledge can also enhance nurses’ beliefs and attitudes towards wound care. However, when a wound is infected, it will cause pain and discomfort. Hence, nurses should adopt appropriate wound care technologies to relieve discomfort, and the overall wound condition of a patient needs to be properly recorded (Welsh, 2018). Wound care education enhances both patients’ and nurses’ wound knowledge and confidence in one’s care management, stress, and anxiety levels (Goudy-Egger & Dunn, 2018). Moreover, proper nursing instruction and follow-up about implementation and compliance help maintain patient wound care (Wang et al., 2018). Nursing wound care practices may be optimised by improving nurses’ professional knowledge and working conditions (Timmins et al., 2018). Meanwhile, Renwick (2020) developed the Wound Resource Education Nurse (WREN) program to be used in all organizations’ staff and has developed competence and confidence in wound care management, thus facilitating timely, appropriate care, and realising cost savings (Renwick, 2020). Planning for wound care education should begin as soon as patients start wound care.
Comparıson of the effect of the autogenıc and xenogenıc use of platelet-rıch plasma on rabbıt chondrocutaneous composıte graft survıval
Published in Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2023
Hande Akdeniz, Koray Gursoy, Gokay Baykara, Adile Dikmen, Hilal Ozakinci, Ugur Kocer
PRP in both groups was prepared in the same technique to ensure standardization. Whole blood was centrifuged at 400 g for 15 min at room temperature and transferred to a new centrifuge tube including the buffy coat. The second centrifuge was centrifuged at 800 g for 15 min, and 1.5 cc PRP was obtained from each sample by including the buffy coat. In the first group, 1 cc of serum physiologique was injected into the wound edges after suturing. In the second group, 1 cc PRP prepared from the rabbits’ own blood was injected into the wound edges after suturing. In the third group, 1 cc of xenogenic PRP prepared from the volunteer human donors was injected into the wound edges after suturing. Once the procedures were completed, wound dressing was applied. Antibiotic ointment is applied as daily dressing. Oral antibiotics and analgesic drugs were used for enfection control and pain management.
Abstracts of 2021 poster session from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis 2021 annual meeting
Published in American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 2022
With the proper environment, most wounds will heal uneventfully within 2–4 weeks. However, for some, the process of healing can be long and painful. Anxiety and pain exacerbate one another, especially when occurring cyclically during dressing changes and debridement (Chester et al., 2018). Topical dressings, medications, and surgery provide some relief and acceleration of healing. Evidence suggests hypnosis can complement these strategies. This preliminary review provided examples of clinical utility and imagery for hypnotic suggestions with this population. The search also identified gaps in the research related to cutaneous wounds of a non-burn origin. There is sufficient relatable research to suggest that hypnosis may provide detachment from pain, reduced anxiety, and imagery for healing – all of which would be beneficial when managing a patient with a wound.