What is it about?
Chronic wounds area major source of pain and distress for many people. They can affect up to 4% of the population. But, the difficulty arises when assessing these wounds as they are described in terms of 'looking great' or not, this makes it difficult to determine how well they are progressing but also in communicating their current status. This project aimed to use a temperature monitoring and pH monitoring process to see if they could help to tell us about the state of the wound
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Why is it important?
Chronic wounds such as venous and diabetic foot ulcers take weeks and months to heal, they result in repeated infections and in some cases increase risk of mortality. It is therefore critically important that we find ways of improving how we assess these wounds so that better treatment decisions can be made.
Perspectives
This is the first of its kind study to evaluate temperature and pH together in chronic wounds. The sample is small but some trends are emerging that require further research to identify normal temperature and pH values
Prof Georgina T Gethin
National University of Ireland - Galway
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This page is a summary of: Monitoring of pH and temperature of neuropathic diabetic and nondiabetic foot ulcers for 12 weeks: An observational study, Wound Repair and Regeneration, May 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12628.
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