ReviewInternational wound journal2010
Care of chronic wounds in palliative care and end-of-life patients.
Review in International wound journal, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Validity, reliability and dimensionality of the Norwegian version of Wound-QoL.International wound journal · 2025Article
- Malignant fungating wounds assessment in palliative care: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Polymer-Based Wound Dressings Loaded with Essential Oil for the Treatment of Wounds: A Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Management of Infections in Palliative Care Patients at the End-of-Life and Active Process of Death: A Brazilian Retrospective Study.Palliative medicine reports · 2024Article
- Antibiotic stewardship in Indian palliative care: a single-center retrospective study.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2023Article
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- Characterizing palliative care needs in people with or at risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2022Article
- Wound healing complications in oncological patients: perspectives for cellular therapy.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2019Review
- Long-Term Wound Palliation to Manage Exposed Hardware in the Setting of Peripheral Arterial Disease.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2019Article
- Wound care evidence, knowledge and education amongst nurses: a semi-systematic literature review.International wound journal · 2018Review
- Feasibility, acceptability, and tolerability of RGN107 in the palliative wound care management of chronic wound symptoms.Journal of wound care · 2017Article
- Pressure ulcers in palliative ward patients: hyponatremia and low blood pressure as indicators of risk.Clinical interventions in aging · 2017Article
- Biomedical Biopolymers, their Origin and Evolution in Biomedical Sciences: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2015Review
- Dual modes of motility at the leading edge of migrating epithelial cell sheets.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012Article
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Abstract
The aim of this paper was to provide a literature synthesis on current wound care practices for the management of chronic wounds in palliative care and end-of-life patients, focusing on the control of wound-related symptoms for comfort and improved quality of life. These wounds included pressure ulcers, venous and arterial leg ulcers, diabetic ulcers and fungating malignant wounds. Wound-related symptoms included pain, exudate, malodour, infection, bleeding, dressing comfort and negative psychological and social functioning. Best care wound practices were formulated for each wound type to ease suffering based on the literature review. Although symptom management strategies for comfort may work in tandem with healing interventions, it is important to recognise when efforts towards wound closure may become unrealistic or burdensome for the patient at end of life. Thus, unique aspects of palliative wound care feature clinical indicators for early recognition of delayed healing, quality of life measurement tools related to chronic wounds, and comfort care strategies that align with patient wishes and realistic expectations for wound improvement.
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