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Clinical characteristics of patients with chronic wounds: A cross-sectional study with 125 patients at Wound Healing Center of National Burn Hospita
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The number of patients with chronic wounds has been increasing recently. To have a more general view of the epidemiology and characteristics of chronic wounds in our country, we conducted this study to determine some related factors and characteristics of patients with chronic wounds immediately upon admission to the Wound Healing Center of Le Huu Trac National Burn Hospital.
A cross-sectional study included 125 patients with a total of 245 wounds. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics. The average age was 59.33 ± 19.03, and males were 62.4%. There were 94.6% of patients who had a combination of diseases and 14% had 3 or more diseases, 89.6% had pressure ulcers, and 74.8% had injuries around the pelvis. The number of patients with 2 or more wounds was 48%, most of them had signs of cachexy, such as anemia and hypoalbuminemia. The average wound area was 67.97 cm2, the grade IV was 86.5%, the wounds that were not epithelialized from the edge were 95.51%, exudate levels at moderate and high were 64.5% and with an average pH value of 8.14 ± 0.50. The healthy skin around the wounds has changes in humidity and temperature.
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Chronic wounds, ulcers, wound healing
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