Electronic sheet in the management of difficult wounds
Fioramonti, P.; Onesti, M.G.; Tempesta, M.; Bitonti, A.; Palumbo, F.; Scuderi, N.
Il Giornale di Chirurgia 28(10): 394-398
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-9005 PMID: 17915056 Document Number: 610969
Nowadays, the treatment of the difficult wounds represents an emergent socio-sanitary problem, due to the increase of the average duration of life, with consequent increasing costs by the National Sanitary System. The term 'difficult wounds' refers to all losses of cutaneous substances with multifactorial pathogenesis that do not spontaneously recover. Today it is possible to use advanced dressings, representing a valid tool to speed-up the healing process that--as a consequence--improves quality of life for the patient. These patients need to be followed by medical teams composed by different specialists sometimes working in different hospitals. As a consequence it is has been necessary to create an electronic document containing the clinical history of the patient and reporting the different treatments. The electronic sheet allows: a) to evaluate in detail the evolution of patient conditions, thanks to an always available iconographic documentation, even when the patient is not followed by the same physician; b) and to test the effectiveness of the new advanced dressings available on the market.