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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Autores: Lazcano-Ortiz, Margarita, Aldana-Alfaro, Viridiana, Benítez-Sánchez, José A., Flores Pérez, Jazmín, Jiménez-Sánchez, Reyna C., Sánchez-Padilla, María L.
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
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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.