Ambulatory care of wounds – clients´ profile with chronic lesion. A prospective study

Abstract

<strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Abstratct.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> This study aims to characterize the clients porters of tissue lesion chronic which are <span style="color: black">attended</span> in the Repair of Wound Ambulatory of Antonio Pedro University Hospital Aid Center <em>(HUAP</em>), in view of the following variables: age, sex, education, the basic disease, type of wound, time and location of the wound from its beginnings. It is a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory nature study approved by the Ethic in Search Committee <em>(CEP-CCM/HUAP</em>), being developed among 39 injury porter patients <span style="color: black">attended</span> by the nurse consult, from May 2006 to April 2007. The results show that the population of the study is mostly male (51%), aged from 40 to 59 years (54%) and with incomplete middle (junior high) school (61%). With relation to clinical aspects, 28% get Mellitus Diabetes associated to Systemical Arterial Hypertension, 31% of them presented Mellitus Diabetes and 29% arterial hypertension; 85% having lesion upon the low members, being that 40% were caused by vein ulcers and 33% by diabetes ulcers; 27% showed the lesion from 1 year to 4 year. It was concluded that the systematic monitoring of wounded patients is fundamental not only to treat the wound but also to control basic illnesses and prevent complications.<span> We recommend that new studies be carried out to obtain a more representative profile of t</span><span style="color: black">his population in the different levels of attention for the health</span></span>

Keywords

• Wound Healing
• Ulcer
• Chronic Disease
• Nursing