Compression Therapy and Subbandage Pressure

Delivery of compression therapy for venous leg ulcers.

IMPORTANCE Despite the documented effect of compression therapy in clinical studies and its widespread prescription, treatment of venous leg ulcers is often prolonged and recurrence rates high. Data on provided compression therapy are limited. OBJECTIVE To assess whether home care nurses achieve adequate subbandage pressure when treating patients with venous leg ulcers and the factors that pr...

Exergy Recovery in Gas Pressure Compression Stations (GPCSs)

The exergy analysis is a proper method for performance evaluation of industrial systems. A generic and detailed analysis of the GPCSs on the second gas pipeline of Iran  is made by the means of exergy. The two main improvement measures of fuel pre-heating and steam injection technologies are presented for the current conventional stations. Steady state equations regarding the second law of ther...

Stability Analysis of Laminated Cylindrical Shells under Combined Axial Compression and Non-Uniform External Pressure

This study investigates geometrical non-linear analysis of composite circular cylindrical shells under external pressure over part of their surfaces and also shells subjected to combined axial compression and triangular external pressure. Donnell non-linear shell theory along with first order shear deformation theory (FOSD) are adopted in the analysis. In the case of combined axial compression ...

Understanding compression therapy

A Translational Animal Model for Scar Compression Therapy Using an Automated Pressure Delivery System

BACKGROUND Pressure therapy has been used to prevent and treat hypertrophic scars following cutaneous injury despite the limited understanding of its mechanism of action and lack of established animal model to optimize its usage. OBJECTIVES The aim of this work was to test and characterize a novel automated pressure delivery system designed to deliver steady and controllable pressure in a red...