Higher Periwound Temperature Associated with Wound Healing of Pressure Ulcers Detected by Infrared Thermography.

ABSTRACT: Visual and empirical assessments do not enable the early detection of wound deterioration or necroses. No suitable objective indicator for predicting poor wound-healing is currently available. We used infrared thermography to determine the association between wound temperature and pressure-wound healing. We examined patients with grades 2-4 pressure ulcers from a medical center in southern Taiwan and recorded the temperatures of the wound bed, periwound, and normal skin using infrared thermographic cameras. A total of 50 pressure ulcers and 248 infrared-thermography temperature records were analyzed. Normal skin temperature was not related to pressure ulcer wound healing. In a multivariate analysis, higher malnutrition universal-screening-tool scores were associated with poor wound-healing

SUBMITTER: Lin YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8269037 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature