Wounds and Injuries. Wound Healing
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 25 dirty and/or contaminated wounds belonging to 25 different hospitalized patients were treated with an alternative negative pressure therapy device (Simplifield Vacuum Dressing S
Device
Procedure/surgery
Sponsors
Hospital Geral Roberto Santos
Instituto de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal da Bahia
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers; persons hospitalized at the reference unit (General Hospital Roberto Santos), both genders; age greater than 18; contaminated and / or dirty wounds that are not responding in terms of cleaning to usual dressings (eg gauze, antibiotic ointments)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Diagnosis of decompensated or severe systemic disordens (cardiac, renal, gastrointestinal, hepatic, pulmonary, neurological, psychiatric, hematological or metabolic, morbid obesity, severe anemia, hemodynamic instability); previous use of one of the dressings studied; untreated infection or infection with systemic repercussion; unfavorable wounds(perilesional dermatoses, wounds associated with fistulas, malignant neoplasm of the wound, wounds with exposure of vessels, nerves or viscera, periorificial wounds); use of immunosuppressants
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measure the development of clean and healthy-looking granulation tissue present in the treated wounds through the (blind) evaluation of digital photographs at the beginning of the study and at the end of the study, based on a variation of at least 80% in measurements pre and post intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the index of complications and adverse effects resulting from the use of the dressings studied, determined through direct clinical observation of the onset of pain, infection, necrosis, maceration, bleeding and allergic reactions | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactFabiana Paim
Instituto de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal da Bahia
Outcome results
None listed