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OBJETIVOS: Relatar o uso da Terapia por Pressão Negativa (TPN) em um paciente pediátrico vítima de queimadura elétrica e fornecer subsídios fundamentais para o melhor tratamento, possibilitando, assim, que outros pacientes se beneficiem com esta terapêutica. MÉTODO: Trata-se de um relato de caso único que avaliou o uso da TPN em um paciente pediátrico. Os dados foram coletados por meio das anotações do prontuário eletrônico do paciente. RESULTADOS: Pode-se considerar que a conduta inicial de uma equipe multidisciplinar foi fundamental para o prognóstico do paciente. Além disso, o membro superior direito acometido pela queimadura elétrica apresentou resultados satisfatórios e significativos quando instituída a TPN. CONCLUSÃO: O relato de caso revelou que a TPN foi imprescindível para a recuperação da lesão do paciente pediátrico, sendo uma alternativa confortável para crianças vítimas de queimaduras, além de permitir a aderência das enxertias de pele e a cicatrização mais rápida das lesões.
OBJECTIVES: To report the use of Negative Pressure Therapy (NPT) in a pediatric patient suffering from electric burn and provide fundamental subsidies for the best treatment, thus allowing other patients to benefit from this therapy. METHODS: This is a single case report that evaluated the use of NPT in a pediatric patient. The data were collected through the patients electronic medical records. RESULTS: The initial management of a multidisciplinary team could be considered as fundamental for the patients prognosis. In addition, the right upper limb affected by electric burn presented satisfactory and significant results when NPT was instituted. CONCLUSION: The case report revealed that NPT was essential for recovery of the pediatric patients lesion, being a comfortable alternative for children who are victims of burns, besides allowing the adhesion of the skin grafts and the faster healing of the lesions.
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Humans , Male , Child , Burn Units , Burns, Electric/therapy , Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy/instrumentation , Suction/instrumentation , Electronic Health Records/instrumentationABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: Negative-pressure wound therapy has been widely adopted to reduce the complexity of treating a broad range of acute and chronic wounds. However, its cost is high. The objective of this study was to evaluate the following two different methods of negative-pressure wound therapy in terms of healing time: a low-cost method of negative-pressure wound therapy (a pressure stabilizer device connected to a hospital wall-vacuum system with a gauze-sealed dressing, USP) and the standard of care (vacuum-assisted closure, VAC). METHODS: This is a randomized, controlled, non-inferiority, unblinded trial. Patients admitted with complex injuries to a trauma center in a public referral hospital who were indicated for orthopedic surgery were randomized to a USP or VAC group. The primary outcome was the time required to achieve a "ready for surgery condition", which was defined as a wound bed with healthy granulation tissue and without necrosis or purulent secretion. Wound bed area contraction, granulation tissue growth and the direct costs of the dressings were secondary outcomes. RESULTS: Variation in area and granulation tissue growth were essentially the same between the systems, and healing time was equal between the groups (p=0.379). In both systems, serial debridement increased wound area (p=0.934), and granulation tissue was also increased (p=0.408). The mean treatment cost was US$ 15.15 in the USP group and US$ 872.59 in the VAC group. CONCLUSIONS: For treating complex traumatic injuries, USP was non-inferior to and less expensive than VAC.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Wound Healing , Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy/methods , Wounds and Injuries/economics , Wounds and Injuries/therapy , Brazil , Prospective Studies , Treatment Outcome , Debridement , Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy/economics , Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy/instrumentationABSTRACT
Objetivo: Analisar a utilização do Curativo sob Pressão Negativa (CPN) como adjuvante no tratamento com Matriz de Regeneração Dérmica (MRD) no tratamento de feridas em geral, em crianças atendidas no Serviço de Cirurgia Pediátrica do Hospital Infantil Joana de Gusmão (HIJG). Método: Foram analisados todos os prontuários de crianças submetidas ao implante de MRD associada ao CPN, no período de janeiro de 2009 a março de 2010, totalizando 18 pacientes. Resultados: A idade pré-púbere (33,33%) e o sexo masculino (61,11%) predominaram. O trauma foi a indicação de uso de MRD e CPN mais frequente (44,44%). Os membros inferiores foram os principais locais de implante de MRD (77,78%). A complicação inicial mais comum foi o hematoma, e a média de pega da matriz foi de 90,56%. O tempo médio de maturação da MRD com a utilização do CPN foi de 15,88 dias. A quantidade de trocas de curativos foi, em média, de 3,06 procedimentos. Obteve-se como desfecho final o enxerto de pele em 100% dos casos, sendo a média de pega de 93,62%. Conclusões: O CPN oferece vantagens no tratamento adjuvante à MRD, como um menor número de trocas de curativos, redução no tempo maturação da MRD, e redução do tempo de internação hospitalar.
Purpose: To analyze the use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) in the adjuvant treatment of Dermal Regeneration Template (DRT), in the treatment of wounds in general, in children treated in the Pediatric Surgery service, at Children's Hospital Joana de Gusmao. Methods: The medical files of all children submitted to DRT application with NPWT as adjuvant from January 2009 to March 2010 were accessed, in a total of 18 patients. Results: Most of the patients were preteenagers (33.33%) and males (61.11%). Trauma was the major indication for use of DRT and NPWT (44.44%). Lower limbs were the main sites of implantation of DRT (77.78%). The main early complication after DRT implantation and use of NPWT was the hematoma (50%), and the mean take rate of the DRT was 90.56%. On average, the maturation time of DRT using the NPWT was 15.88 days. The amount of dressing's changes was on average 3.06 procedures. The final outcome was skin grafting in 100% of cases. The epidermal graft achieved the average take rate of 93.62%. Conclusions: The NPWT offers advantages in the adjuvant treatment of DRT, as less frequent dressing changes, reduction of the maturation time of DRT, and shorter hospitalization.