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| Title |
Hydrogel sheet dressings and short-stretch cohesive bandaging: case study |
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| Author |
Gail Powell Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| Publication |
British Journal of Community Nursing 15(3 Supp): S42 - S46 (Mar 2010) |
| Key Points |
Case study of an 88 year old lady with 10 month history of a traumatic leg ulcer measuring 9cm x 6cm, 100% slough,VAS pain score 9/10. Terrible night pain reduced to 0/10 with Actico and Actiformcool. Leg ulcer healed. |
| Title |
A hydrogel that may help relieve sunburn and pain |
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| Author |
Eleanor Wilkinson |
| Publication |
Practise Nursing, 2004, Vol 15, No:11 565-567 |
| Key Points |
Actiformcool greatly reduced pain of sunburn when other dressings could not. |
| Title |
Caring for patients with leg ulcers and underlying vaculitic condition |
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| Author |
Margaret Armitage |
| Publication |
BJCN, Wound Care Dec 04, Vol 9 No 12: 516-22 |
| Key Points |
Painful leg ulcers in patients with vasculitis can be very debilitating. Actiformcool reduced wound pain and amount of analgesia required. |
| Title |
A small study in healing rates and symptoms control using a new sheet hydrogel dressing |
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| Author |
Sylvie Hampton TVCS |
| Publication |
Journal Wound Care, Vol 13, No 4, July 2004; 297-300 |
| Key Points |
Actiformcool reduced wound pain, absorbed exudate and encouraged healing. |
| Title |
Pain Management in Leg Ulcers using ActiFormCool |
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| Author |
Stephen Young, Sylvie Hampton |
| Publication |
Wounds UK Journal, Nov 2005 |
| Key Points |
To test the effectiveness of ActiFormCool on painful wounds and to establish what types of pain could be reduced by Actiformcool. |
| Title |
Use of a hydrogel dressing for management of a painful leg ulcer |
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| Author |
Ann Moody TVN |
| Publication |
BJCN, Vol.11; No.6: s12-17 June 2006 |
| Key Points |
AFC reduced the pain and managed the exudate and maceration. This allowed patient to tolerate compression. |
| Title |
Managing an extravasation wound in a premature infant |
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| Author |
Corene Tobin |
| Publication |
Wounds-UK Journal 2007 |
| Key Points |
Very small, 4 day old preterm baby (1.79Kg) with an extravasation injury to dorsum of left foot. Actiformcool relieved pain on infected wound treated by antibiotics. |
| Title |
Managing and treating chronic wound pain |
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| Author |
Val Douglas |
| Publication |
Practice Nursing (2007) 18 (6): 296-302 |
| Key Points |
Some wound care products and practices cause pain, practitioners should assess and attempt to manage pain. Actiformcool used on very painful ulcer, four hourly opiates could be stopped. |
| Title |
The autolytic debridement of venous leg ulcers |
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| Author |
Deborah Hofman |
| Publication |
Wound Essentials (2007), Wounds-UK, Vol 2: 68-73 |
| Key Points |
Types of devitalised tissue, debridement methods, moisture absorption, ActiFormcool very effective debrider |
