Products and technologies for treating patients with evidence-based pressure ulcers

to identify products/technologies for treating patients with pressure ulcers with an evidence level 1. this is an integrative literature review. A survey of studies was carried out using the United States National Library of Medicine Portal, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Virtual Health Libra...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 2021, Vol.74 (5), p.e20180686-e20180686
Main Authors: Figueira, Tatiana Neves, Backes, Marli Terezinha Stein, Knihs, Neide da Silva, Maliska, Isabel Cristina Alves, Amante, Lúcia Nazareth, Bellaguarda, Maria Lígia Dos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Evaluation
Humans
NURSING
Nursing Care
Occlusive Dressings
Pressure Ulcer
Pressure Ulcer - therapy
Technology
Therapeutics
Wound Healing
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Summary:to identify products/technologies for treating patients with pressure ulcers with an evidence level 1. this is an integrative literature review. A survey of studies was carried out using the United States National Library of Medicine Portal, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Virtual Health Library, National Library of Medicine(®), The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Latin American and Caribbean in Health Sciences, Nursing Database. sixteen articles were selected with level of evidence 1. The findings were categorized into five categories: Topical therapy to promote healing; Alternative therapy to promote healing; Topical therapy to promote debridement; Topical therapy to minimize lesion contamination; Topical therapy to reduce lesion size. the 17 products/technologies identified favor/fast healing, debridement, minimize contamination and reduce lesion size to accelerate healing.
ISSN:0034-7167
1984-0446
1984-0446
DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0686