May/June 2015 • Volume 4, Number 3 • Wound Care Advisor Cellulitis is an acute, painful, and potentially serious spreading bacterial skin infection that affects mainly the subcutaneous and dermal layers. Usually of an acute onset, it’s marked by redness, warmth, swelling, and tenderness. Borders of the affected skin are characteristically irregular. Although cellulitis may occur in many body ar...

A hiperpigmentação periocular é uma alteração cutânea, que através do excesso de melanina causa manchas, sendo existem vários fatores extrínsecos e intrínsecos desencadeantes. O procedimento com peeling consiste na aplicação agentes químicos. propósito deste estudo realizar revisão sistemática literatura o objetivo analisar químico como tratamento para a periorbital. Foi efetuada sobre tema rev...

The incidence of cellulitis is 24.6 in 1000 person-years, according to a US population-based study of insurance claims for the years 1997 to 2002—the most recent data available. The lower extremities are most commonly affected, accounting for 70% to 80% of cases. Risk factors associated with recurrence include venous insufficiency, lymphedema, overweight, skin breakdown, and leg edema, which ar...

BACKGROUND To review the epidemiology and management of orbital cellulitis in children. METHODS The medical records of children < or = 18 years old and hospitalized from June 1, 1992, through May 31, 2002, at the Brenner Children's Hospital, with a discharge ICD-9 code indicating a diagnosis of orbital cellulitis and confirmed by computed tomography scan were reviewed. A literature search for...