title: Nutritional and vitamin status of non-healing wounds in patients attending a tertiary hospital in India.
abstract: Non-healing wounds are a common cause of morbidity worldwide. The wounds are the result of inadequate repair in an optimum period and are due to the presence of predisposing factors. The abnormalities of certain biochemical factors are important in impeding wound healing. One hundred patients with non-healing wounds of more than six weeks duration were studied for nutritional and vitamin status and their correlation with healing time. The healing time was significantly prolonged in patients with serum protein concentrations below 6 gram/dl, but the healing time was not correlated with the concentrations of vitamin C or vitamin E. Anemia also did not alter the healing time. Adequate protein intake is the most important prerequisite for good wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: Sudha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Shyam Sundar
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Vijay Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Paramjeet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaur
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000032:analysis; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D014810:Vitamin E; D001205:Ascorbic Acid