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The location of fungating wounds can vary widely and the most common site is the breasts.12 In women fungating wounds often occur in the chest, where breast tumours have metastasised. In men fungating...
Practical approach to healable and non-healable/palliative wounds.
Inflammasomes are large, intracellular multi-protein complexes that play an important role in innate immunity. During consistent chronic wounding and repair processes, overactive and dysregulated...
There are a number of factors that can affect the nutritional status of palliative patients and these vary according to their diagnosis. Although palliative patients are a heterogeneous group,...
The guidelines11 assign a strength of evidence to the studies included based on study design and quality. Level ‘A’ was assigned to recommendations supported by direct scientific evidence from...
Malignant transformation is a rare and often misdiagnosed complication of chronic leg ulcers..
A 56-year-old farmer was referred to the department of surgery with a non-healing wound over the anterior chest wall of one year's duration. The patient had noticed a 1cm-wide swelling on the right...
The NIS database, developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), is maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It is the largest publicly-available...
Peristomal skin should have the same appearance as skin on the rest of the abdomen: it should be intact and free from soreness and breaks. To maintain a secure stoma appliance, it is essential to have...
Skin examination, including looking for signs and symptoms of infection, is a critical part of a holistic nursing assessment. These signs include inflammation, which may be tender or painful, with wet...
As people age, their skin becomes more fragile and more at risk of tearing. This is the result of changes in the structure of the skin, which include the skin becoming drier, less elastic and thinner,...
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