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Oropallo A, Lantis J, Martin A, Al Rubaiay A, Wang N. Wound care during the COVID-19 pandemic: improving outcomes through the integration of telemedicine. J Wound Care 2021; 30:S12-S17. [PMID: 33573492 DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2021.30.sup2.s12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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COVID-19 is highly contagious and its rapid spread burdens the healthcare system. As the number of confirmed cases goes up, the shortage of medical resources has become a challenge. To avoid the collapse of the healthcare system during the fight with COVID-19, all healthcare workers, including wound care practitioners, should adapt to new roles and use any appropriate methods available to slow the spread of the virus. Integrating telemedicine into wound care during the outbreak helps maintain social distancing, preserve personal protective equipment and medical resources, and eliminate unnecessary exposure for both vulnerable patients and high-risk healthcare workers.
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- Alisha Oropallo
- Comprehensive Wound Healing Center, Department of Vascular Surgery, Northwell Health, NY, US.,Comprehensive Wound Healing Center, Department of Vascular Surgery, Northwell Health, NY, US.,Associate Professor, Feinstein Institutes of Medical Research, Northwell Health, NY, US
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- Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai West, NY, US.,Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai, NY, US.,Professor of Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, US
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- Resident, North Shore Long Island Jewish Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at Northwell Health, NY, US
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Fayne RA, Borda LJ, Egger AN, Tomic-Canic M. The Potential Impact of Social Genomics on Wound Healing. Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle) 2020; 9:325-331. [PMID: 32286204 DOI: 10.1089/wound.2019.1095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Significance: Human skin wounds carry an immense epidemiologic and financial burden, and their impact will continue to grow with an aging population and rising incidence of comorbid conditions known to affect wound healing. To comprehensively address this growing clinical issue, physicians should also be aware of how conditions of the human social environment may affect wound healing. Here we provide a review of the emerging field of social genomics and its potential impact on the wound healing. Recent Advances: Multiple studies using human and animal models have correlated social influences and their contributing effects to acute and chronic stress with delays in wound healing. Furthermore, observations between nongenetic factors such as nutrition, socioeconomic, and educational status have also shown to have a direct or indirect impact on clinical outcomes of wound healing. Critical Issues: Nutrition, financial burden, socioeconomic and education status, and acute and chronic stress are variables that have either direct (epigenetic) or indirect impact on wound healing and patients' quality of life. Wound care is costly and remains a challenge placing economic burden on patients. Furthermore, poor clinical outcomes and complications including loss of mobility and disability may lead to job loss, further contributing to socioeconomic related stress. Thus, the economic burden and inadequate wound healing are intertwined, making each other worse. Future Directions: Although some evidence regarding the specific changes in genetic pathways imparted by conditions of the social environment exists, further studies are warranted to identify potential mechanisms, interventions, and prevention approaches.
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- Rachel A. Fayne
- Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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Lentsck MH, Baratieri T, Trincaus MR, Mattei AP, Miyahara CTS. Quality of life related to clinical aspects in people with chronic wound. Rev Esc Enferm USP 2018; 52:e03384. [DOI: 10.1590/s1980-220x2017004003384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of people with chronic wounds and to compare this index with clinical parameters. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted between July 2014 and February 2015, evaluating people with chronic wounds in outpatient care during a nursing consultation, in the city of Guarapuava, Paraná. Quality of life was assessed by the Quality of Life Index - wounds version. Data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney test and T-test. Results: 53 people participated. The mean quality of life score was 22.65±3.08. The most significant scores in the analyzes were the family domain (27.71±2.94) with the highest mean score, and the health domain (18.91±4.58) had the lowest. Pain in walking (p=0.031) and using pain medication (p=0.002) presented a significant relation with overall score. There was a significant difference between the groups for the items pain at rest (p=0.022), pain in moving (p=0.006), using pain medication (p<0.001) and presence of infection (p=0.004), in the rest item (p=0.015) in the socioeconomic domain, and type of wound (p=0.05) and rest (p=0.041) in the psychological domain. Conclusion: The overall Quality of Life Index and by domains was classified as good and very good, where the family domain was better evaluated to the deriment of the health domain due to the clinical parameter of pain.
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Carter MJ. Harnessing electronic healthcare data for wound care research: Wound registry analytic guidelines for less-biased analyses. Wound Repair Regen 2017; 25:564-573. [DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Temperature and pH sensors based on graphenic materials. Biosens Bioelectron 2017; 91:870-877. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.01.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Carter M, Fife C. Clinic visit frequency in wound care matters: data from the US wound registry. J Wound Care 2017; 26:S4-S10. [DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2017.26.sup1.s4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- M.J. Carter
- Strategic Solutions, Inc., Cody, WY, US
- U.S. Wound Registry, The Woodlands, TX, US
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- U.S. Wound Registry, The Woodlands, TX, US
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Bergersen TK, Storheim E, Gundersen S, Kleven L, Johnson M, Sandvik L, Kvaerner KJ, Ørjasæter NO. Improved Clinical Efficacy with Wound Support Network Between Hospital and Home Care Service. Adv Skin Wound Care 2016; 29:511-517. [DOI: 10.1097/01.asw.0000499714.97688.4b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Daeschlein G, Lutze S, Arnold A, von Podewils S, Jünger M. [Importance of modern treatment procedures for infected and colonized wounds in dermatology]. Hautarzt 2015; 65:949-59. [PMID: 25336295 DOI: 10.1007/s00105-014-3526-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the coming years increasing numbers of patients with chronic ulcers and tumor wounds are to be expected, both of which are typically multifaceted diseases requiring complex and increasingly long-term ambulatory therapy. Therefore, in recent years special medical emphasis has been placed on efficacious therapies with good tolerability and also suitability regarding feasibility for outpatient treatment. Some of these methods, such as cold plasma therapy, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), water-filtered infrared therapy (wIRA), electrostimulation (ES) and low level laser therapy (LLLT) have a good chance of success when applied as an adjuvant method in the multimodal treatment concept for patients with recalcitrant wounds. All of these methods have at least indirect antimicrobial properties which can be advantageous in cases of microbial infiltration of wounds. As for all other methods for treating recalcitrant wounds, the promising application of the aforementioned methods requires great expertise in wound healing together with a broad and continuous interdisciplinary diagnostics and therapy (wound center).
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- G Daeschlein
- Department of Dermatology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Sauerbruchstraße, 17489, Greifswald, Deutschland,
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Chronic venous disease and venous leg ulcers: An evidence-based update. JOURNAL OF VASCULAR NURSING 2015; 33:36-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2015.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 01/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Yazdanpanah L, Nasiri M, Adarvishi S. Literature review on the management of diabetic foot ulcer. World J Diabetes 2015; 6:37-53. [PMID: 25685277 PMCID: PMC4317316 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i1.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is the most costly and devastating complication of diabetes mellitus, which affect 15% of diabetic patients during their lifetime. Based on National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence strategies, early effective management of DFU can reduce the severity of complications such as preventable amputations and possible mortality, and also can improve overall quality of life. The management of DFU should be optimized by using a multidisciplinary team, due to a holistic approach to wound management is required. Based on studies, blood sugar control, wound debridement, advanced dressings and offloading modalities should always be a part of DFU management. Furthermore, surgery to heal chronic ulcer and prevent recurrence should be considered as an essential component of management in some cases. Also, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, electrical stimulation, negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered skin and growth factors could be used as adjunct therapies for rapid healing of DFU. So, it’s suggested that with appropriate patient education encourages them to regular foot care in order to prevent DFU and its complications.
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Wounds, especially chronic wounds, represent a global problem costing millions of dollars per year in developed countries and are characterised by microbial complications including local or overt infection, delayed healing and spread of multiresistant germs. Therefore, antimicrobial wound management is a major challenge that continues to require new solutions against microbes and their biofilms. As systemic antibiotics can barely penetrate into wound biofilms and topically applied ones can easily lead to sensitisation, antisepsis is the method of choice to treat germs in wounds. This brief review discusses the role of antiseptics in reducing bioburden in chronic wounds. Balancing antimicrobial potency and tolerability of antiseptic procedures is critical in wound therapy. However, antiseptics alone may not be able to achieve wound healing without addressing other factors regarding the patient's general health or the wound's physical environment. Although the precise role of bioburden in chronic wounds remains to be evaluated, planktonic as well as biofilm-bound microbes are indications for antiseptic intervention. Octenidine dihydrochloride and polyhexanide are the most effective, as well as best tolerated, antiseptics in wound management today, and new strategies to reduce bacterial wound burden and support the body's immune response are being developed.
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- Georg Daeschlein
- Department of Dermatology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany
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Diabetic foot ulcers: Part II. Management. J Am Acad Dermatol 2014; 70:21.e1-24; quiz 45-6. [PMID: 24355276 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The management of diabetic foot ulcers can be optimized by using an interdisciplinary team approach addressing the correctable risk factors (ie, poor vascular supply, infection control and treatment, and plantar pressure redistribution) along with optimizing local wound care. Dermatologists can initiate diabetic foot care. The first step is recognizing that a loss of skin integrity (ie, a callus, blister, or ulcer) considerably increases the risk of preventable amputations. A holistic approach to wound assessment is required. Early detection and effective management of these ulcers can reduce complications, including preventable amputations and possible mortality.
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