A Digital Tool for Measuring Healing of Chronic Wounds Treated with an Antioxidant Dressing: A Case Series.

(1) Abstract: Wound monitoring is an essential aspect in the evaluation of wound healing. This can be carried out with the multidimensional tool HELCOS, which develops a quantitative analysis and graphic representation of wound healing evolution via imaging. It compares the area and tissues present in the wound bed.

The Effectiveness of Advanced Practice Nurses with Respect to Complex Chronic Wounds in the Management of Venous Ulcers.

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of advanced practice nurses with respect to complex chronic wounds (APN-CCWs) in the care of patients with venous ulcers. A multicentric, quasi-experimental pre-post study was conducted without a control group in the sanitary management areas where the APN-CCW program is being piloted. The intervention consisted of a mass training of clinical nurses from the participating districts on the proper management of injuries and the use of compression therapy.

The advanced practice nurse in the adequacy of chronic, complex wound care.

Aim: To determine the impact of advanced practice nurses in chronic wound care in the adequacy of treatments for patients with chronic wounds and the consumption of dressings in the districts where they have been implemented.

Method: A quasi-experimental pre-poststudy without a control group with 3measurements: pre-implementation in 2015, one year after implementation in 2016, and 2years post-implementation in 2017, in the health districts (HD) where the role of the advanced practice nurse in chronic wound care was piloted in Andalusia. The main variables were trained professionals, consultancies, prevalence of chronic wounds, adequacy of treatments and economic cost in materials for the participating HD.

[Resource materials for the treatment of wounds].

When we are presented within our sphere of activity in health, a patient with a wound, our interventions to the detection, assessment, care, monitoring and evaluation of their health problems, in order to provide the most relevantcare to thesepatients. This makes it necessary and obligatory on the part of the health staff an exhaustive knowledge of the material resources and the various existing therapeutic in the market for the treatment of wounds and ulcers. In the present study, we analyzed the different treatments using wet cure, biological treatments and therapeutic treatments using physical, their characteristics and specifications that can provide a favorable environment for healing.