Primary bandages for people with pemphigus vulgaris lesions: an integrative literature review.

Objective: To identify the primary bandages recommended in the literature to dress the wounds of people with pemphigus vulgaris and to describe the positive or negative repercussions related to these bandages.

Method: Integrative literature review, using the descriptors "dressing", "nursing care", "nursing", "skin diseases / vesiculobollous" and "pemphigus"; inclusion criteria: articles that address primary bandages for pemphigus vulgaris skin lesion dressing; published between 2010 and 2017; in Portuguese, English or Spanish; indexed in BDENF, LILACS, PubMed, and/or Scopus.

Results: eight articles were selected, seven had evidence levels 4 and 5 and one had evidence level 3. The primary bandages covered were: silver gel, hydrocolloid, hydrogel, silver-containing hydrofiber, antibiotics, sterilized vaseline, corticoid, and vitamin E ointment Conclusion: Sterile gauze with vaseline, prepared according to protocol, was the bandage presented in the study with the most significant level of evidence.