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Dakin's Solution: Is There a Place for it in the 21st Century?
| dc.contributor.author | Duarte, B | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cabete, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Formiga, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Neves, J | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-27T16:28:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-27T16:28:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Dakin's solution (DS) is a time-honoured antiseptic that still remains part of the wound care armamentarium. In spite of its cytotoxicity, some question its use in the current era. We report the case of a 52-year-old diabetic woman who was admitted for sepsis because of a severely infected diabetic foot. Urgent surgical drainage and debridement left a 9 × 9-cm deep, complex, infected wound with both bone and tendon involvement. Treatment with local negative pressure was unsuccessful. DS was regularly instilled through a tube left in the wound dressing. A marked improvement was observed with this strategy as the wound bed was much cleaner and fully granulated after 6 weeks. No adverse effects were noted. This case debunks the myth that topical antiseptics necessarily impair wound healing. DS can still be considered an option for difficult-to-treat, complex and heavily infected wounds. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Int Wound J. 2017 Dec;14(6):918-920. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/iwj.12728 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/3376 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Anti-Infective Agents, Local | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Dermatologic Agents | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Diabetic Foot | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Female | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Humans | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Middle Aged | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Sodium Hypochlorite | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Treatment Outcome | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Wound Healing | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Wound Infection | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | HSAC DER | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | HCC CIR | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Dakin's Solution: Is There a Place for it in the 21st Century? | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 920 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 6 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 918 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | International Wound Journal | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 14 | pt_PT |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |