Optimal wound care management in hidradenitis suppurativa
| Autor: | Kelly Carnaggio, Abrahem Kazemi, Maureen Clark, Cynthia Shephard, Ginette A. Okoye |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Silver Databases Factual Cost-Benefit Analysis Guidelines as Topic Dermatology 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences Wound care 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Recurrence Medicine Humans Hidradenitis suppurativa Wound Healing integumentary system business.industry medicine.disease Bandages Optimal management Hidradenitis Suppurativa 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Quality of Life Female business Wound healing |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of dermatological treatment. 29(2) |
| ISSN: | 1471-1753 |
| Popis: | Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) presents the problem of a chronic, relapsing, painful, draining wound. There is a myriad of HS wound care management strategies implemented by clinicians and patients centered around which dressings to use. Many factors affect which HS wound care dressing is the most appropriate to use such as the type of HS wound, cost, ease of application, patient comfort, absorbency and odor management among many others.In this work, the authors aim to prepare a set of guidelines for optimal HS wound care dressing use based on a tier system, ideal characteristics of HS dressings and the type of HS lesion. The dressing recommendations focus on cost-effectiveness for patients, ease of accessibility and ultimately, improvement in the quality of life of patients suffering from HS.PubMed was utilized to search the terms 'wound care + HS'; 'non-surgical wound care + HS'; 'optimal wound care + HS'; 'HS wounds'; and 'optimal wound dressings'.Silver-impregnated foam is considered the most optimal HS wound care dressing because it contains nearly all characteristics of an ideal wound care dressing.However, silver-impreganted foam is expensive and difficult to access for patients, so lower-tier HS wound care dressings must be considered prior to utilizing this tier 4 dressing. |
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