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RESULTS OF COMPRESSION THERAPY APPLICATION IN FAMILY MEDICINE

TAMARA SINOŽIĆ ; Family Medicine Practice, Tamara Sinožić, MD, Mošćenička Draga, Croatia
JADRANKA KOVAČEVIĆ ; Family Medicine Practice, Tamara Sinožić, MD, Mošćenička Draga, Croatia

Abstract

Complex care of patients with lower leg wound in family medicine includes knowledge of compression therapy and local wound therapy. It requires additional speciic, systematic and systematized education of all members of the family doctor’s team, as well as appropriate ofice/clinic equipment. Due to the extent and complexity of diagnostic and therapeutic wound treatment procedures and compression therapy, family doctor refers the patient to another ield specialist for consultation, usually a dermatovenereologist or surgeon. In addition to education, improvement of intra-team communication, use of new technological achievements, and interdisciplinary consensus based on scientiic evidence and recommendations of professional societies and expert groups on the effectiveness of compression therapy, will also contribute to its wider and more effective use. By presenting three cases of patients with lower leg wounds of venous and mixed etiology, it is shown how compression therapy considerably shortens the healing period and decreases symptoms and prevalence of complications, thus increasing the patient quality of life. following the healing of the wound, the family doctor and team continue to provide overall care and monitoring of compression therapy to prevent wound recurrence.

Keywords

venous lower leg wound; compression therapy; family medicine

Hrčak ID:

148108

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/148108

Publication date:

8.11.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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