| Autor: |
Giancarlo delli Santi, Alessandro Borgognone |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Burns Open, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 103-107 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2468-9122 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.burnso.2019.05.001 |
| Popis: |
Burn injuries are a major cause of hospitalization and are associated with morbidity and mortality. Burns in children under the age of 16, represent a fourth of the burns occurring annually all over the world, with a peak under the age of 5 years. Paediatric burns represent an enormous socio-economic problem for individuals and the health care system.Standard of care of burn wounds consists of cleaning and debridement, followed by the use of different type of dressings and, when necessary, skin transplantation surgery. Most of the dressings used for burn wounds need to be changed with a certain frequency. The painful procedure of dressing changes in children with burns, represent a big issue causing anxiety and affecting even more the complex psychological status of those patients.The objective of this case series was to evaluate on paediatric patients with burns the use of a wound dressing based on the new material Eiratex®, composed of a biosynthetic cellulose network that mimics the nanostructure of collagen.A total of n = 5 paediatric patients (age |
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