Publications by authors named "Carol V S Gonzalez"
Background: Acute traumatic wounds often require prolonged healing time and hospitalization. Negative-pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) has demonstrated effectiveness in accelerating patient healing over traditional NPWT, and its benefits are well established in the treatment of chronic infected wounds. However, randomized studies examining the use of NPWTi-d in acute traumatic wounds are scarce.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims And Objectives: The relationship between pain and poor healing is intricate, potentially mediated by psychological stress and aberrations in inflammatory response. The purpose of this study was to examine the biopsychosocial model of pain by assessing the relationships between pain, stress, inflammation and healing in people with chronic wounds.
Design: This was a 4-week prospective observational study to explore the relationship of pain, stress, inflammation and wound healing in a convenience sample of patients with chronic wounds in a chronic care hospital in Canada.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to estimate how common complicated surgical wounds are and identify factors associated with them in hospitalized adults, analyzing data from 251 patients in Manaus, Brazil.
- - It found that 6% of patients had complicated surgical wounds, with factors like general hospitalization, ecchymosis, and being male significantly increasing the risk of complications.
- - The research helps in understanding the prevalence and associated factors of surgical wounds, aiding in prevention efforts and providing useful data for further scientific studies.
Background: A total of 14.5% of cancer patients develop malignant neoplastic wounds (MNW), characterised as friable, exudative, fetid, bleeding, and painful. Some studies report that all patients with MNW experience pain, but there is lack of scientific evidence to support their treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Little is known about the efficacy of products aiming to prevent radiodermatitis, which affects between 90-95% of women with breast cancer. The use of antioxidants is promising, however, there is a lack of evidenceon their effectiveness. Here, the authors present a clinical trial protocol to evaluate the effects of applying a cream containing nanoparticles with vitamin E to prevent radiodermatitis in patients with breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Analyse the social and demographic variables that affect healing in patients with hard-to-heal wounds.
Method: This retrospective study looked at 349 patient records of people with hard-to-heal wounds at an educational and care centre in San Pablo, Brazil, between 1994 and 2015. Healing was measured using the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH).
Objective: Little is known about the efficacy of products aiming to prevent radiodermatitis, which affects between 90-95% of women with breast cancer. The use of antioxidants is promising, however, there is a lack of evidenceon their effectiveness. Here, the authors present a clinical trial protocol to evaluate the effects of applying a cream containing nanoparticles with vitamin E to prevent radiodermatitis in patients with breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To estimate the incidence of pressure injury and its predictors including nursing workload in critical patients.
Background: There is controversy about the influence of the nursing workload on the occurrence of pressure injury in intensive care units.
Methods: A retrospective cohort of 766 patients in nine intensive care units of two university hospitals was studied.