Pain has always been a major issue during dressing changes in patients with both acute and chronic wounds. Patients describe wound-related pain as all-encompassing and one of the most devastating aspects of living with a chronic wound (Price et al, 2008). The European Wound Management Association (EWMA) position document, Pain at Wound Dressing Changes (Moffat et al, 2002) identified dressing r...

The relationship between constructional apraxia and body scheme disorders and failure of post-cerebral vascular accident (CVA) patients to achieve independence in upper extremity dressing was investigatged in this study. One hundred and one subjects with right- and left-CVA were given tests that measured body scheme dysfunction and constructional apraxia on admission to an inpatient rehabilitat...

Aims: To evaluate a new polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) foam dressing for inclusion in the specialist dressing section of a trust’s wound management formulary. Methods: KendallTM AMD (Covidien) antimicrobial foam dressing’s use was reviewed through a retrospective evaluation of patients who had been treated with the dressing. Data was collected from the medical and nursing notes of 25 patien...

Introduction Cancer wounds need regular dressing; else they develop infection, foul odor, and in extreme cases, maggots. Patients resist dressing due to the severe incidental pain during dressing. Intranasal ketamine was tried as an analgesic to reduce this incidental pain. Materials and Methods Twenty patients with wounds requiring regular dressing were selected; these patients had a basal p...

OBJECTIVE To report the use of virtual reality (VR) in pain intensity during dressing change of two burned children hospitalized in a Burn Treatment Center (BTC) in Southern Brazil. METHOD Case report on the use of VR during dressing change of two burned children hospitalized in a BTC, from May to July 2016. For assessing pain, a facial pain rating scale was applied at four times: just before...

One growth and two finishing trials were conducted with beef steers to compare lasalocid sodium and monensin sodium. Pure lasalocid, mycelia-cake lasalocid and monensin, each added individually to commercial protein supplement blocks at 880 mg/kg, depressed (P<.05) block intake so that approximately 100 mg of each additive were consumed daily by each animal. Daily gain, feed intake and feed eff...

BACKGROUND The aim of this work was the comparison between the carcass and the meat ewes of the regional Traditional market and the Islamic religious (Halal) market. METHODS Thirty and 20 at the end of career traditional market and Halal market ewes were slaughtered following the EC (European Council, 2009) animal welfare guidelines. Live weight of ewes was taken and dressing percentage of ca...

The variety of wound types has resulted in a wide range of wound dressings, with new products frequently being introduced to target different aspects of the wound healing process. The ideal wound dressing should achieve rapid healing at a reasonable cost, with minimal inconvenience to the patient. Microcurrent dressing, a novel wound dressing with inherent electric activity, can generate low-le...

Reducing pain caused by the removal of adhesive wound dressing materials is very important in clinical practice and is also one of the factors to consider when choosing dressing materials. A visual analogue scale is the most popular method for assessing pain, but it is subjective and is difficult to evaluate quantitatively or statistically. Recently, a new method for the quantitative measuremen...