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ETIOLOGIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRONIC WOUNDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS IN PRIMARY CARE AND HOME TREATMENT
JAVORKA B. DELIĆ
; SWHS, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
Chronic wound (CW) is a chronic disease developing as a consequence of injury or vascular, metabolic, oncologic, neuropathic and other diseases, with polyetiologic risk factors and many complications (infection, cellulitis, fasciitis, hemorrhage, amputation). The management of CWs includes early diagnosis followed by operative and nonoperative therapy. A very signiicant factor for CW management as a non-etiologic factor is good organization and accessibility of the healthcare system to patients. Primary care and home care are modern, currently favored modalities of CW therapy that have been recommended in europe, also as the models in the future. The primary healthcare (PhC) team for CW management as part of the PhC system performs CW triage and therapy, diagnostic procedures and modern, nonoperative therapy, evaluation, prevention and rehabilitation, with continuing education and collaboration with specialists. This team can treat about 80% of patients with CWs of different etiology. Demographic tendency and global increase of chronic diseases emphasize the critical importance of PhC team for CW management.
Keywords
primary care; chronic wounds; patient characteristics
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148121
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Publication date:
8.11.2015.
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