Relationship Between Perilesional Skin Condition and Survival in Terminally Ill Patients with Pressure Ulcers.

In the context of palliative care, the aim is to alleviate suffering and improve quality of life, with particular attention to PUs, which have a significant impact on quality of life and survival. This study examines the relationship between perilesional skin condition and survival in terminally ill patients with pressure ulcers (PUs). A descriptive and observational study was conducted in two hospitals in Valencia with a sample of 100 terminally ill patients.

Assessment of chronic wounds in adults: an integrative review.

Objective: To identify the main aspects that should be assessed in adults with chronic wounds.

Method: This was an integrative review of the scientific literature published between 2010 and early 2015 in the PubMed and Web of Science databases.

Results: Few studies exclusively address wound assessment.

Quality of clinical practice guidelines of lower extremity venous ulcers.

The clinical variability and professional uncertainty in the prevention and treatment of lower extremity venous ulcers (VU) has as a main consequence, the fact that patients can be subjected to diagnostic and therapeutic tests, sometimes of dubious utility, these may even be harmful to the health of the patient and that, at other times, certain procedures or processes that may be appropriate to the patient's situation and needs may be omitted. It is for this reason that a series of specific documents called clinical practice guidelines for the approach of VU (CPG-VU) have been created, with the aim of improving the effectiveness and quality of care, reducing unjustified variability and establishing homogeneous criteria for its handling. Nevertheless, the literature shows that not all CPGs have the same methodological and evidence-drawing criteria.

[Clinical evaluation of a silver dressing in the treatment of infected and colonized ulcers].

In the event of ulcers with critical colonization, a correct diagnosis and adequate treatment are vital for healing to occur since the presence of a possible infection would impede an adequate evolution leading to healing the ulcer The authors publish a prospective and multi-centric study which included 375 patients who were evaluated regarding the healing of their ulcers over a 12 week period in which the "Biatain Plata" dressing was used. The average initial size of their ulcers was 30 cm2 +/- 67. After 72 weeks of treatment, patients' ulcers were reduced by 80% in relative value.