Painful Dressings

Williams, Clare

doi:10.1016/s0965-206x(96)80016-7

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“…Gauze is always available and inexpensive; it is, therefore, used widely in wound care. Patients who are dressed with traditional gauze dressings can experience pain during and after the dressing is changed (Williams, 1996). Driedout dressings will adhere to the wound and cause a great deal of trauma (Dawson, Catlin, Bussey, Silverman, & Carter, 1992).…”

Section: Dressing Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effectiveness of Using a Lipido-Colloid Dressing for Patients With Traumatic Digital Wounds

Chan²,

Pang

2006

Clin Nurs Res

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This study compares the effect of a daily gauze dressing with that of a lipido-colloid dressing on the time taken to make up the dressing and efficacy of the management of traumatic digital wounds. This is a randomized controlled trial of 28 patients (16 experimental and 12 control) with injuries to their fingers and loss of tissue. The patients in the experimental and control groups were given a lipido-colloid dressing and a daily gauze dressing, respectively. The patients'wounds were assessed in terms of the size of the wound and the time it took for the wound to heal. The findings showed that patients in the experimental group had a faster recovery time from the healing of their wound than the control group (p= .024). The findings can help to establish an evidence-based practice in the management of traumatic digital wounds in clinical settings.

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Section: Dressing Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effectiveness of Using a Lipido-Colloid Dressing for Patients With Traumatic Digital Wounds

Chan²,

Pang

2006

Clin Nurs Res

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“…Since the development of tulle gras in the early 20th century there have been many dressing developments for superficial or partial-thickness wounds. Not all of these have been successful as non-adherent and painfree products (Williams, 1996;Schultze et al, 2001). There is a need for a dressing that can remain in place, without adhering, and be painfree and non-traumatic on removal in the treatment of burns, fixation of grafts, abrasions, and chronic wounds.…”

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“…It is a nonadherent primary wound contact layer that should usually be changed every 2-3 days, but can be left in place for longer (6 days) on low or lightly exuding wounds. As a result of the low adherence to the wound, painfree and non-traumatic (no bleeding) removal are to be expected (Moody, 1992;Hollinworth, 1995;Williams, 1996). In practice, this has been found to be the case (Benbow, 2002)…”

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Urgotul^®: a novel non-adherent lipidocolloid dressing

Meaume

Senet

Dumas³

et al. 2002

Br J Nurs

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Urgotul belongs to a new class of non-adherent dressings: the lipidocolloid dressings. It is composed of an open weave polyester mesh impregnated with hydrocolloid polymers dispersed within petrolatum. The first clinical trial data are presented. Efficacy and safety were evaluated in a multicentre non-comparative trial involving 92 patients treated to healing or up to 4 weeks. Adult outpatients with acute wounds (n = 34), leg ulcers (n = 24), other chronic wounds (n = 14) or with second-degree burns (n = 20) were included. Results showed 32.4% (n = 11) of the acute wounds, 12.5% (n = 3) of the leg ulcers and 14.3% (n = 2) of the other chronic wounds completely healed before 4 weeks. Surface areas decreased on average by 76.4%, 63.5% and 44.2% at study endpoint respectively. For burns, 19 patients healed (95%) within 5-19 days. A total of 771 dressing changes were performed during the course of the study. Dressing application was considered as easy or very easy in 90% or more of the changes and there was no difficulty in removing the dressing in about 95% of the cases. Safety was good with five reports of a transitory local adverse event, probably dressing-related, being observed, two patients (2.2%) prematurely stopped treatment because of moderate periwound erythema. Urgotul is a highly promising new dressing which is currently undergoing further comparative clinical evaluation.

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“…Conventional gauze dressings adhere to the wound bed, cause bleeding and tissue damage on dressing removal and expose the patient to unnecessary pain (73)(74)(75)(76)(77)(78).…”

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The use of gauze: will it ever change?

Jones

2006

International Wound Journal

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Although the benefits of healing in a moist environment have been published worldwide, the use of woven gauze as a wound contact material still prevails in many countries. This article traces the history of gauze and problems associated with usage against the introduction of one of the first modern materials, the hydrocolloid. Why this revolution in dressing material did not herald an immediate change of practice away from gauze is examined. Since the 1970s, the range, availability and sophistication of these and other moisture-retentive dressings have increased dramatically, and yet it seems that some practitioners remain unconvinced. The processes that underpin personal and organisational change that may contribute to this reluctance are also considered.

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Painful Dressings

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

The Effectiveness of Using a Lipido-Colloid Dressing for Patients With Traumatic Digital Wounds

The Effectiveness of Using a Lipido-Colloid Dressing for Patients With Traumatic Digital Wounds

Urgotul^®: a novel non-adherent lipidocolloid dressing

The use of gauze: will it ever change?

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Painful Dressings

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

The Effectiveness of Using a Lipido-Colloid Dressing for Patients With Traumatic Digital Wounds

The Effectiveness of Using a Lipido-Colloid Dressing for Patients With Traumatic Digital Wounds

Urgotul®: a novel non-adherent lipidocolloid dressing

The use of gauze: will it ever change?

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Urgotul^®: a novel non-adherent lipidocolloid dressing