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3 lis 2023 · Wound management — In general, wounds are treated in a similar manner to flame or other thermal burns. Patients with low-voltage exposure and survivors of lightning strikes typically sustain only superficial burns, while those with high-voltage exposure commonly sustain deep burns.
16 sie 2023 · The clinical staging that guides treatment of pressure-induced skin and soft tissue injuries and their management are reviewed here. The pathogenesis, risk assessment, and preventive strategies are discussed elsewhere.
20 cze 2023 · Acute wounds in normal, healthy individuals heal through an orderly sequence of physiologic events. Some individuals have one or more factors that contribute to impaired wound healing, which can lead to chronic ulcerations or nonhealing wounds, or can complicate the surgical course.
Acute wounds — Acute wounds occur suddenly and usually have an easily identifiable mechanism of injury leading to disruption of skin integrity. Regardless of etiology, wound healing normally progresses at a sustained, measurable rate through the stages of healing as expected.
Electrical injury may result from contact with faulty electrical appliances or machinery or inadvertent contact with household wiring or electrical power lines. Getting shocked from touching an electrical outlet in the home or by a small appliance is rarely serious, but accidental exposure to high voltage causes about 300 deaths each year in ...
5 paź 2020 · Abstract. This study evaluates the current clinical evidence of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation and dwell time (NPWTi‐d) to establish its clinical application and efficacy. MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL databases were searched from 1946 to July 2019 for studies reporting clinical outcomes on wounds treated with NPWTi‐d.
30 gru 2013 · Clear progress of wound healing, even after 2 weeks, was observed in all cases. The mean reduction of the wound surface after WMCS treatment was 95% in 8 weeks. Complete healing was achieved within 3 months for the majority of the cases. No clinical side effects were observed.
