Impaired wound healing in patients with diabetes.
BACKGROUND
This article reviews a cross-section of literature on wound healing and highlights how diabetes mellitus can cause deviations from usual healing patterns.


CONCLUSIONS
Nursing interventions can either enhance or delay the healing process. Nurses need to understand the defective processes to optimise the available healing potential.
Medical Assessment Unit, Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. hollytr@nildram.co.uk
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D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology