Publication details
Treatment of non-healing wounds in neonates with the use of silicone materials
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | Aim: Newborns´ skin is fragile, requiring careful treatment while minimizing secondary trauma. Yet in the treatment of certain post-partum trauma inappropriate materials are used, which can harm the newborn. To evaluate the effect of silicone materials in the treatment of newborns´ skin and mucosal traumas. Method: Prospective study with no control group at 11 newborns with non-healing wound caused in the early postpartum period. Results / Discussion: For all newborns in those therapeutic silicone materials were used, it has been assessed high efficiency in local changes of their skin according Neonatal Skin Condition Score (NSCS). During dressing changes newborns responded calmly and a lower incidence of crying and other pain symptoms (changes in vital signs - breath, heart rate) was identified. Conclusion: Silicone therapeutic materials are effective in the treatment of local skin and mucosal traumas in newborns of different aetiologies. Those materials allow a reduction in the frequency of dressing changes, appropriate pain management while minimizing the secondary traumatization fragile skin. |
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