Risk Factors for Non-Healing Wounds—A Single-Centre Study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/4/1003" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/4/1003</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm13041003" target="_blank" >10.3390/jcm13041003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Risk Factors for Non-Healing Wounds—A Single-Centre Study

Original language description

Chronic wounds present a significant clinical, social, and economic challenge. This study aimed to objectify the risk factors of healing outcomes and the duration of chronic wounds from various etiologies.Patients treated for non-healing wounds at the surgical outpatient clinic of the Olomouc Military Hospital were involved. Data from patients treated between 8/2021 and 9/2023 were selected. Patients were mostly treated as outpatients, with microbiological follow-up indicated in cases of advanced signs of inflammation.There were 149 patients who met our selection criteria (the mean age was 64.4 years). Predominant causes of wounds involved diabetes (30.9%), post-trauma (25.5%), pressure ulcers (14.8%), surgical site infections (14.8%), and vascular ulcers (14.1%). Patient outcomes included wound resolution in 77.2% of patients (with a mean healing time of 110.9 days), amputation in 14.1%, and wound-related death in 8.7% of patients. Non-healing cases (amputation/death) were predicted by several local factors including an initial depth greater than 1 cm, wound secretion, inflammatory base, and a maximum wound size. Systemic factors included most strongly clinically manifested atherosclerosis and its risk factors. Of the 110 swabs performed, 103 identified at least 1 bacterial genus. The dominant risk factor for a prolonged healing duration was bacterial infection. Wounds contaminated by Proteus or Pseudomonas had prolonged healing times of 87 days (p = 0.02) and 72 days (p = 0.045), respectively.The early identification of local and systemic risk factors contributes to the successful resolution of chronic wounds and a reduced duration of healing.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30302 - Epidemiology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Clinical Medicine

ISSN

2077-0383

e-ISSN

2077-0383

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1003

UT code for WoS article

001169839200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85187307904