Year: 2005
Type: editorial
Abstract: In their review of substances that traverse chronic wounds, Trengove et al found that many wounds shed little fluid. 1 Giving a liter or two of fluid to the patient changed that.It is fair to conclude from that experience that many of the wounds in their study were poorly perfused; that is, the nutritional flow through tissue between artery and lymph was far from optimal.Think also of vacuum therapy. 2 Think of ameliorating ischemia by increasing wound fluid flow.
Author: Thomas K. Hunt
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Language: English
Topic: Wound Healing and Treatments
Subfield: Rehabilitation
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2065084014