Impact of Prevention Diabetic Foot Amputation by Using Dressings
Objective: To know the effectiveness of different dressings by measuring the healing time in patients with diabetic foot. Method: correlation study, longitudinal quasi-experimental, with a sample of 30 patients suffering from diabetic foot in the General Hospital, an intervention plan was carried ou...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO |
| Repositorio: | Educación y salud Boletín Científico Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repository.uaeh.edu.mx:article/3471 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://repository.uaeh.edu.mx/revistas/index.php/ICSA/article/view/3471 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Diabetic foot ulcer alginate and silver dressings Pie diabético úlcera apósitos de alginato y plata |
| Resumo: | Objective: To know the effectiveness of different dressings by measuring the healing time in patients with diabetic foot. Method: correlation study, longitudinal quasi-experimental, with a sample of 30 patients suffering from diabetic foot in the General Hospital, an intervention plan was carried out to cure wounds in diabetic foot by applying dressings. Results: The average age was 53.3 years (SD = 10.8); in time to suffer diabetic foot the average was 1.17 years (SD = .461). A little more than half of the sample surveyed (73%) belongs to the male sex, the average destined for treatment was 559.6 pesos (SD = 269.97). More than three quarters of the sample (80%) makes the revision of their feet daily. Half of the sample (50%) as the main characteristic presented foul odor and suppuration in the wound at the beginning. Conclusion: The different types of dressings based on their degree of injury are really effective since they have shown improvement in a short time, where more than half of the sample states that the dressing used are really effective and they are satisfied with the material. |
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