title: [Nutrition and chronic wound healing. A clinical case of a patient with a hard to heal venous leg ulcers].
abstract: The cronicity of a wound can be produced by the alteration of several factors. One of the agents that can produce a delay in the wound healing process is malnutrition. According with the evidence, nutrition is an important factor in chronic wound prevention and treatment. The prevalence of low extremity wounds increases in population aged 65 or more. As we became older, malnutrition risk is more relevant due to physiological changes related to ageing. We describe a clinical case of a torpid venous leg ulcer in an elder patient centering on nutrition assessment and management.
authors.forename: Sandra Alexandre
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.forename: Carme Marquilles
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bonet
authors.forename: Joan-Enric Torra I
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bou
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Llobet Burgués
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014945:Wound Healing