Neoplastic wounds: controlling pain, exudate, odor and bleeding

Management of malignant fungating wounds in advanced cancer.

OBJECTIVE To review the pathophysiology and assessment of malignant wounds and management techniques aimed at controlling pain, odor, exudate, and local bleeding. DATA SOURCES Current research and published literature. CONCLUSION Assessment of malignant wounds, selection of appropriate dressings, related symptom management, and patient and family support are vital aspects of cutaneous wound...

A prospective, descriptive cohort study of malignant wound characteristics and wound care strategies in patients with breast cancer.

Few studies have addressed the effects of dressings on malignant wounds. A 20-month (May 2010 to January 2011) descriptive, prospective cohort study was conducted by the Wound Care Unit of Institute Curie, Paris, France to evaluate the use of various local care procedures and characteristics of malignant wounds. Symptoms and wound management methods were observed over a period of 42 days in 32 ...

Management of bleeding associated with malignant wounds.

Bleeding malignant wounds in palliative care patients can be anxiety-provoking for patients, their caregivers, and healthcare providers, and can be difficult to manage. We present the case of a 60-year-old man with a bleeding neck wound due to squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx admitted to our inpatient palliative care unit. Management of bleeding included local wound care measures and ...

Controlling Odor and Gaseous Emission Problems from Industrial Swine Facilities

Effect of ferric sulfate and ferric chloride in controlling liver bleeding an animal model study

Introduction: Controlling parenchymal hemorrhage, especially in liver, is still one of the challenges surgeons face with when they try to save the patients’ lives despite improvements in surgical procedures. There is a research contest between the researchers in this field to introduce more effective methods. This study aimed to compare the hemostatic effect of ferric sulfate and ferric chlo...