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Exudate monitoring in traumatic wounds

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Exudate monitoring in traumatic wounds

LT Col Steven Jeffery
25 June 2013

Wounds, whether acute or chronic, are at best unpleasant and, at worst, dangerous. As the skin is a physical and an immunological barrier to infection, any defect in the skin may enable bacterial invasion. Dressing changes, even those that incorporate the most patient-friendly dressings, can be tedious and time-consuming for patients, as well as reducing their quality of life. Dressing changes are also a major financial burden to society. Therefore, clinicians strive to achieve wound closure if at all possible, as well as preventing wounds from growing larger.

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