ReviewInternational wound journal2008
Intermittent pneumatic compression in immobile patients.
Review in International wound journal, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- [S1 guideline on intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC)].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2018Guideline
- Controlling Biomedical Devices Using Pneumatic Logic.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Efficacy of intermittent pneumatic compression on breast cancer-related upper limb lymphedema: a systematic review and meta-analysis in clinical studies.Gland surgery · 2024Article
- S2k guidelines: diagnosis and treatment of varicose veins.Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2022Review
- Cardiac and pulmonary findings in dysferlinopathy: A 3-year, longitudinal study.Muscle & nerve · 2022Article
- Treatment in the home setting with intermittent pneumatic compression for a woman with chronic leg ulcers: a case report.BMC nursing · 2017Article
- [New aspects of compression therapy].Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2016Review
- Subcutaneous tissue ultrasonography in legs with dependent edema and secondary lymphedema.Annals of vascular diseases · 2014Article
- Influence of Comorbidities: Neuropathy, Vasculopathy, and Diabetes on Healing Response Quality.Advances in wound care · 2013Review
- Venous Ulcers.The journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists · 2012Review
- Lymphatic pump treatment increases thoracic duct lymph flow in conscious dogs with edema due to constriction of the inferior vena cava.Lymphatic research and biology · 2010Article
- Lymphatic pump treatment mobilizes leukocytes from the gut associated lymphoid tissue into lymph.Lymphatic research and biology · 2010Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to stress the value of using intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) in immobile patients. The use of IPC helps prevent limb oedema and the associated skin changes frequently seen on the legs of the immobile patient. Oedema formation is caused by an increase of fluid extravasation, while skin changes including leg ulcers are mainly because of a deficiency of the venous and lymphatic pumps. Conventional compression stockings and bandages impede leg swelling but are less efficient in supporting the deficient veno-lymphatic pump when patients are unable to move. In this situation, actively compressing the limb using IPC is a very meaningful and effective treatment option. Because of a lack of literature on the specific indication of IPC in immobile patients, experimental studies and randomised controlled trials in similar situations are reviewed. IPC is a very effective although underused treatment modality, especially in immobile, wheelchair-bound patients. By inflation and deflation of the air-filled garments, IPC produces cycles of pressure waves on the leg, thus mimicking the working and resting pressures applied by compression bandages. IPC not only reduces leg swelling but also augments the veno-lymphatic pump, which is essential for the restoration of the damaged microcirculation of the skin.
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