Wound healing/product selection for a critically ill obese patient.
The selection of wound management products by nurses can be an area of confusion. Healthcare professionals involved with tissue viability issues have to make choices from a wide range of commercially available products to suit wound conditions. This article recounts the challenges facing a specialist nurse and his selection of a range of Smith & Nephew Healthcare products, when he was asked for expert advice to promote granulation in a massive wound following debridement for extensive abscess formation in the lower abdominal, perineum and ischial areas.
Thompson
Geoff
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Clinical and Equipment Resource Centre/Tissue Viability Services, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust (Teaching).
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing*; D000328:Adult; D000464:Alginates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D047070:Bandages, Hydrocolloid; D003102:Colloids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016638:Critical Illness; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D018579:Patient Selection; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D014945:Wound Healing
D000464:Alginates; D003102:Colloids; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D020723:Glucuronic Acid