Portrait of practice: healing heel ulcers.
Two treatments for heel pressure ulcers--a dressing foot wrap and a laminated foam boot (Lunax, BIO-SONICS)--were compared for effectiveness in a sample of 25 Intensive Care Unit patients at a community teaching hospital. At the first sign of heel redness, 11 patients were assigned to receive a dressing foot wrap, and 14 were assigned to wear a laminated foam boot on their heels. Subjects heel breakdowns were monitored every three days until one of the following conditions occurred: break of a blister, discharge from hospital, or death. None of the subjects receiving the dressing foot wrap showed improvement, whereas all but one of the subjects using the boot showed improvement.
Cheneworth
C C
CC
Hagglund
K H
KH
Valmassoi
B
B
Brannon
C
C
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001458:Bandages / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009989:Orthotic Devices / Q000592:standards*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D015995:Prevalence; D014945:Wound Healing