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Experience in a Military Trauma Surgery Department with External Skeletal Fixation of Femur Fractures
1989
Our experience with external skeletal fixation of complex open and closed femoral fractures in 50 conventional trauma victims is presented. Different external fixator systems were primarily used in 26 patients and secondarily in 24 patients. The authors feel that early definitive femoral fracture care in civilian and military trauma victims employing unilateral external monofixation, which avoids casts, and allows improved wound management and early mobilization of the multitrauma patient, has decreased the complication rate commonly associated with internal fixation of open femoral fractures.
Translation and testing of the Risk Assessment Pressure Ulcer Sore scale used among residents in Norwegian nursing homes.
2012
Published version of an article in the journal: BMJ Open. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001575 Open access Objective. The purpose of this study was to translate and test the psychometric properties of the Norwegian-language version of the Risk Assessment Pressure Sore scale. Background. Risk assessment scales for pressure ulcer prevention have become an aspect of quality improvement in healthcare, but their effectiveness depends on the reliability and validity of the scale. Methods. A convenience sample of 481 residents in 15 nursing homes in rural Norway was included between January and June 2007. The English-language version of the Risk Asses…
Algorytmy i wytyczne postępowania terapeutycznego w ranach trudno gojących się
2020
Niniejsze opracowanie obejmuje podstawowy zbiór zasad i rekomendacji specjalistów z różnych dziedzin medycyny dotyczących postępowania z ranami o różnych etiologiach. Celem dokumentu jest stworzenie algorytmów terapeutycznych, które będą mogły stanowić podstawę przy ocenie rany, monitoringu i doborze optymalnej metody postępowania w poszczególnych etapach jej leczenia. Dokument w swoich założeniach ma stanowić przydatne narzędzie dla praktyków, które ułatwi prawidłowe podejmowanie decyzji terapeutycznych w procesie leczenia rany