Acute and chronic wounds can occur at any point during
a person’s life. Acute wounds heal without complication
through a predictable trajectory.2 In contrast, chronic
wounds fail to progress through normal stages of healing
and enter a prolonged inflammatory state.3 In a study
examining 593 patients with advanced illness (defined as
an incurable disease that generally limits a person’s life to
6 months or less), 43 types of wounds were identified and
grouped into 9 categories: (1) malignant, (2) pressure ulcers
(PUs), (3) iatrogenic, (4) traumatic, (5) diabetic foot ulcers,
(6) venous leg ulcers, (7) arterial ulcers/gangrene, (8)
infections/inflammatory lesions, and (9) ostomy related.4
Providing effective wound care is important because the
presence of a nonhealing wound threatens physical health
and quality of life
Acute and chronic wounds can occur at any point duringa person’s life. Acute wounds heal without complicationthrough a predictable trajectory.2 In contrast, chronicwounds fail to progress through normal stages of healingand enter a prolonged inflammatory state.3 In a studyexamining 593 patients with advanced illness (defined asan incurable disease that generally limits a person’s life to6 months or less), 43 types of wounds were identified andgrouped into 9 categories: (1) malignant, (2) pressure ulcers(PUs), (3) iatrogenic, (4) traumatic, (5) diabetic foot ulcers,(6) venous leg ulcers, (7) arterial ulcers/gangrene, (8)infections/inflammatory lesions, and (9) ostomy related.4Providing effective wound care is important because thepresence of a nonhealing wound threatens physical healthand quality of life
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