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Santos Ruiz S et ál. Guía rápida para el tratamiento tópico de lesiones vasculares en extremidades inferiores. Metas de Enferm jul/ago 2011; 14(6): 68-74

Authors

1Susana Santos Ruiz, 2Anna Guiteras Vilanova, 3Antonia Larrosa Montalban, 3Pilar Cores Fuentes, 4Concepción Cubillo de Pablo, 5Raquel

Position

¹ Enfermera. Máster en Ciencias de la Enfermería. Unidad de Cirugía Vascular CSPT.² Enfermera. Gestora asistencial de la U

Contact address

Susana Santos Ruiz. Unidad de Cirugía Vascular/Neumología. Parc Taulí, s/n. 08208 Sabadell (Barcelona).

Contact email: ssantos@tauli.cat

Abstract

Vascular lesions of the lower limbs represent a health problem with significant socioeconomic and healthcare consequences. The prevalence of this condition is around 3% in the adult population. It is of outmost importance to establish a differential diagnosis between the different types of lesions as the treatment varies depending on their aetiology. There is no single and effective treatment for ulcers of the lower limb and therefore the clinical team must be in agreement regarding the most
appropriate treatment to follow.
The need to have a common criteria for the course of action emerged in our hospital as a result of the various different treatments for vascular lesions depending there the patient was and a lack of a registry of the lesions, including at the specialist unit. In addition, wound care was modified way too frequently, leaving no time to verify their efficacy, This situation of variability in wound care approach exacerbated during the periods in which there were more nursing substitutes in attendance.
The aim of this article is to present a consensus experience on a clinical practice guide for the treatment of vascular lesions that is useful at the different levels of healthcare and some documents that are part of such guide, such as the quick reference guide, the decision-making algorithm for treatment and the wound care log, which might help to expedite nursing work.

Keywords:

guide; Lower limb ulcer; medical-surgical Nursing; protocol; vascular lesion; Venous Ulcer; wound care

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Título:

Guía rápida para el tratamiento tópico de lesiones vasculares en extremidades inferiores