Nutrition and wound healing

Abstract

A guide to the steps in the wound-healing response and to the role of nutrients in this process.

An investigation into the use of serum albumin in pressure sore prediction

“…The role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of pressure sores is a contentious issue. There have been many reviews of nutrition with specific reference to serum albumin ( McLaren 1992, Lewis & Harding 1993, Pinchcofsky‐Devin 1994, Lewis 1996, Strauss & Margolis 1996, Thomas 1997). From these reviews it is clear that there is a relationship between serum albumin and pressure sores, but it is much less obvious that serum albumin is a predictor of pressure sores.…”