General Integumentary Conditions
ABCDE screening for skin cancer
What is asymmetry, borders, color, diameter, and evolution?
Partial thickness PI extends through the epidermis, but the dermis is intact
What is a Stage II PI?
Symptom of PAD that limits ambulation distance
What is intermittent claudication?
The two layers of the dermis
What are the papillary and reticular dermis?
Ideal substance for cleansing or irrigating wounds
What is normal saline?
Th is type of skin condition is often seen on the face of patients with lupus, RA, or other autoimmune disease
What is a malar or butterfly rash?
Standardized outcome measure used to predict risk of PI
What is the Norton Scale or Braden Scale?
Typical location for venous ulcers
What is the gaitor region?
The chemical mediator released during the inflammatory phase that leads to increased vascular permeability and edema
What is histamine?
This debridement method relies on the body's natural mechanisms
What is autolytic debridement?
Darkened skin with velvet texture, predictive of metabolic disease
What is acanthosis nigricans?
Minimal recommended time frame for repositioning/pressure relief when sitting
What is every 15 to 30 minutes?
Wound bed characteristics of arterial ulcers
What is pale, dry, may have eschar?
Layer of the skin that produces new keratinocytes
What is the stratum basale?
Three main types of absorbent specialty dressings
What are alginates, foams, and hydrocolloids?
Respiratory condition associated with atopic dermatitis (eczema)
What is asthma?
Minimal recommended time frame for repositioning when lying down
What is every 2 hours?
Key to treatment of venous ulcers
What is edema reduction?
Cell responsible for clearing debris and necrotic tissue during autolytic debridement
What is the macrophage?
This type of dressing can be used to hydrate a dry wound, but only if the wound is not infected
What is a sheet hydrogel?
Condition associated with anerobic bacteria - traps air between the skin and soft tissue, producing crepitus
What is gas gangrene?
Greatest threat to healing in patients s/p muscle flap closure of a PI
What is a hematoma or seroma?
This test has better sensitivity than the ABI, especially in patients with diabetes
What is the TBI?
Prognosis for healing in a partial thickness, non-infected wound
What is 14-30 days?
This material can be added to hydrogels, foams, and alginates to fight infection - it's not iodine, Patrick!
What is silver?
Wound type associated with Crohn's disease - can look like a venous ulcer but is usually full thickness
What is pyoderma gangrenosum?
This type of wound occurs at the end of life and is a predictor of impending mortality
What is a Kennedy ulcer?
Most common type of open surgical procedure used to restore circulation in pts with PAD
What is a fem-pop bypass?
Voltage gradient between the positive wound base and negatively charged intact skin
What is the current of injury?
Used to promote wound healing since Ancient Rome - hydrates and fights infection
What is honey?