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Classification of Wounds at Risk and Their Antimicrobial Treatment with Polihexanide: A Practice-Oriented Expert Recommendation
- Currently, there are no generally accepted definitions for wounds at risk of infection. In clinical practice, too many chronic wounds are regarded as being at risk of infection, and therefore many topical antimicrobials – in terms of frequency and duration of use – are applied to wounds. Based on expert discussion and current knowledge, a clinical assessment score was developed. The objective of this wounds at risk (W.A.R.) score is to allow decision-making on the indication for the use of antiseptics on the basis of polihexanide. The proposed clinical classification of W.A.R. shall facilitate the decision for wound antisepsis and allow an appropriate general treatment regimen with the focus on the prevention of wound infection. The W.A.R. score is based on a clinically oriented risk assessment using concrete patient circumstances. The indication for the use of antiseptics results from the addition of differently weighted risk causes, for which points are assigned. Antimicrobial treatment is justified in the case of 3 or more points.
Author: | J. Dissemond, O. Assadian, V. Gerber, A. Kingsley, A. Kramer, D.J. Leaper, G. Mosti, A. Piatkowski de Grzymala, G. Riepe, A. Risse, M. Romanelli, R. Strohal, J. Traber, A. Vasel-Biergans, T. Wild, T. Eberlein |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-30856 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1159/000327210 |
ISSN: | 1660-5527 |
ISSN: | 1660-5535 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21508658 |
Parent Title (English): | Skin Pharmacology and Physiology |
Publisher: | S. Karger AG |
Place of publication: | Basel, Switzerland |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first Publication: | 2011/04/20 |
Release Date: | 2020/09/29 |
Tag: | Polihexanide; Wound at risk of infection; Wound at risk score (W.A.R. score) |
GND Keyword: | - |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 5 |
First Page: | 245 |
Last Page: | 255 |
Faculties: | Universitätsmedizin / Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |