Clinical experience with Leptospermum honey use for treatment of hard to heal neonatal wounds: case series.
Preterm, critically ill neonates represent a challenge in wound healing. Many factors predispose infants to skin injuries, including decreased epidermal-dermal cohesion, deficient stratum corneum, relatively alkaline pH of skin surface, impaired nutrition and presence of multiple devices on the skin. We present a case series describing the use of medical-grade honey-Leptospermum honey (Medihoney), for successful treatment of slowly healing neonatal wounds, specifically stage 3 pressure ulcer, dehiscent and infected sternal wound, and full-thickness wound from an extravasation injury.
1] Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, NY, USA [2] Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, USA.
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Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, NY, USA.
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Handa
Department of Nursing Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, USA.
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Clemens
Department of Nursing Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, USA.
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D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D005260:Female; D006722:Honey; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D031649:Leptospermum; D008297:Male; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing