The effect of biological dressing on wound healing
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Zeinab Sadat Moosavi Fard,1,*
1. Department of Nursing, School of nursing University of Bandar Abbas, Islamic Azad University , Iran.
- Introduction: Basically, in the treatment of burns, the time of hospitalization, the amount of money spent on treatment, the amount of manpower used, and the creation of minimal complications after recovery are the points that should be used in burns of limbs, especially hands and feet. Be of special importance. This study is a clinical trial that has studied the effect of a treatment method (biological dressing using amniotic fluid) on the healing process, infection rate and pain intensity of burn wounds.
- Methods: In this study, 80 patients with grade 2 deep burns in non-axial limbs were studied. Samples were selected by Poisson sampling method. The procedure was performed in such a way that the amniotic fluid was obtained from the placenta of women who had undergone cesarean section and after performing hepatitis B, AIDS, sepsis and culture tests, it was placed on the wounds of patients who had the characteristics of the study units. During different days, the condition of the wound in terms of healing and severity of pain was checked with a checklist related to pain, and in case of possible symptoms of wound infection, blood culture and wound discharge were performed simultaneously and the incidence of infection was assessed.
- Results: The mean time of complete healing of burn wound in the studied units was 12.03 days. While in other statistics, the healing time of half-thickness burn wounds is more than 3 weeks. The incidence of infection in the studied patients was 2.5%, which contained infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, while in the presented statistics, there was 9% infection with Pseudomonas. There is also pain reduction in the units under study.
- Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the use of biological dressing (amniotic fluid) in second degree burn wounds reduced the rate of infection (2.5%), accelerated wound healing and reduced the need for analgesic due to the amniotic adhesion to the wound and the closure of the terminal Are nervous.
- Keywords: Biological dressing, extensive burns, healing
