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Superabsorbent wound dressings for the management of highly exuding wounds: a literature review.
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Coloplast A/S, Holtedam 1, Humlebæk, Denmark.
Exudate management is essential for creating a moist wound environment that promotes optimal healing, especially in highly exuding wounds, where choosing an appropriate wound dressing to handle high volumes of exudate is a key part of the wound management strategy. Superabsorbent wound dressings (SWDs) have been designed to absorb and retain large amounts of exudate. Thus, they are advocated for management of wounds with moderate-to-high levels of exudate to reduce the risk of leakage and damage to the periwound skin.
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BMC Geriatr
January 2025
Geriatric Education and Research Institute (GERI), 2 Yishun Central 2, Singapore, 768024, Singapore.
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- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is crucial for older patient care but is often impractical in primary settings due to its length; a shorter assessment could serve as an effective alternative.
- A scoping review analyzed 25 studies on brief geriatric assessments used in community and primary care, focusing on four main domains: physical health, functional status, mobility/balance, and psychological health; most assessments were self-reported questionnaires.
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Pirfenidone and Nintedanib in Pulmonary Fibrosis: Lights and Shadows.
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Pulmonology Unit, Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Hospital of Cattinara, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
Pirfenidone and Nintedanib are specific drugs used against idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) that showed efficacy in non-IPF fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILD). Both drugs have side effects that affect patients in different ways and have different levels of severity, making treatment even more challenging for patients and clinicians. The present review aims to assess the effectiveness and potential complications of Pirfenidone and Nintedanib treatment regimens across various ILD diseases.
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Geriatric Education & Research Institute, 2 Yishun Central 2, Singapore, 768024, Singapore.
Background: Potentially inappropriate prescribing is common among older adults with multimorbidity due to various reasons, from concurrent application of multiple single-disease clinical guidelines to fragmentation of care. Interventions such as medication review have been implemented worldwide to reduce inappropriate prescribing for older adults. However, the implementability of such interventions are underexplored in the outpatient clinics in Singapore's public hospitals.
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Curr Issues Mol Biol
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Pulmonology Unit, Department of Medical Surgical and Healt Sciencies, Hospital of Cattinara, University of Trieste, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by significant fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, with the main involvement of the lungs, kidneys, heart, esophagus, and intestines. SSc is also characterized by macro- and microvascular damage with reduced peripheral blood perfusion. Several studies have reported more than 240 pathways and numerous dysregulation proteins, giving insight into how the field of biomarkers in SSc is still extremely complex and evolving.
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