RESUMO
Common causes of trauma and wound pain include: the removal of dressings that become stuck to the wound bed; skin stripping of peri-wound skin, as a result of the repeated application and removal of adhesive dressings; and tissue excoriation and maceration of the peri-wound skin, due to inadequate management of wound exudate. This supplement outlines how dressings with Safetac adhesive technology can help clinicians to avoid these problems. A review of the clinical and scientific evidence relating to dressings with Safetac clearly demonstrates that they can be used to prevent trauma and minimise pain on a wide range of wound types and skin injuries.
Assuntos
Adesivos/efeitos adversos , Adesivos/normas , Bandagens , Higiene da Pele/instrumentação , Ferimentos e Lesões/terapia , Doença Aguda , Adesivos/provisão & distribuição , Bandagens/normas , Bandagens/provisão & distribuição , Benchmarking , Doença Crônica , Prática Clínica Baseada em Evidências/organização & administração , Humanos , Teste de Materiais , Dor/etiologia , Dor/prevenção & controle , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto , Projetos de Pesquisa , Pele/lesões , Higiene da Pele/efeitos adversos , Resultado do Tratamento , Cicatrização , Ferimentos e Lesões/etiologiaRESUMO
Seventeen soluble denture adhesives available in local drug stores in Belgium were selected. The pH of aqueous adhesive solutions was determined with a glass pH electrode. Sodium determinations of normal and acidified aqueous adhesive solutions were performed by means of atomic emission spectrometry. The amount of adhesive required per application according to manufacturer's instructions was determined by weight. Gum karaya containing adhesives had an acidic pH (pH < 5). The other adhesive formulations had a pH of about 7. No sodium was detected in gum karaya containing powder adhesives. The sodium content of the other adhesive formulations varied between 1.1 and 8.7 g/100 g. The amount of powder adhesive required for an application in an upper and lower complete denture was respectively 0.2 g and 0.1 g. To provide a denture with a cream or liquid adhesive 0.2 to 0.3 g material was required. Based on the data from this study it was calculated that denture adhesive applications three times a day in both upper and lower complete denture could result in a supplementary daily sodium intake of 0.9 to 6.0 mmol Na+/day.