by Chung Sheung Chee, Sydney. / Thesis (M.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references.

<p>Swedish studies have shown that more people than expected have problems with leg ulcers and that the yearly cost for treatment per patient is approximately 26 500kr. </p><p>Since the elderly population is on the rise, there is a need to highlight this growing problem, to make sure that proper assessment tools are used and to improve the standard of care given to patients with leg ulcers. The aim was to show what a difference the nurse can make to patients with leg ulcers. With all types of wounds it is imperative to establish if there is any underlying reasons since certain illnesses can cause more wounds or delay the healing process. The doctor is responsible for making the diagnosis and to prescribe the correct treatment whereas the nurse’s responsibility is for the nursing care and its documentation. The patient’s lifestyle, his next of kin and his environment all play an important part in this healing process. A holistic approach is therefore necessary to be able to give good standard of nursing care. The nurse can by being careful and precise when changing the dressing, using assessment tools and document, give encouragment for compliance, inform and educate patients, help a great deal in the patient’s healing process. Further research is needed to see how the nurses’ compliance can be improved, and how new knowledge can be implemented. </p><p>Nurse students need to learn more about wounds and wound treatments in their basic education, and evidencebased guidelines have to be used in the caring for leg ulcer patients.</p>

A strategy was proposed to the rule for paralyzed patients. One goal of the design is to reduce or avoid the occurrence of decubitus ulcer. The other goal is to reduce the decline of muscle strength of patient. The contents of the study include collection and system analysis. The issue is know how the burdens of muscles are affected by the locations and postures that sickbed supporting the body. To attack this issue, a simplified body model, which is consisted of 11 rigid bodies, is proposed. An analysis method, which adopts the optimization approach, is suggested to calculate the ¡§ relaxed burdens of muscles ¡¨. Apply the mathematical model of the optimization to acquire an analysis method of the relaxed burdens of muscles, modeling the concern of the support loading and burdens of muscles. According to the analysis answer of the mathematical model verified that a patient lay on the bed by the horizontal postures and variation postures, the best support locations resulted in the relaxed burdens of muscles and strengthen muscles. So, the rule of the logical thinking to reduce or avoid the occurrence of decubitus ulcer and the decline of muscle strength.

Swedish studies have shown that more people than expected have problems with leg ulcers and that the yearly cost for treatment per patient is approximately 26 500kr. Since the elderly population is on the rise, there is a need to highlight this growing problem, to make sure that proper assessment tools are used and to improve the standard of care given to patients with leg ulcers. The aim was to show what a difference the nurse can make to patients with leg ulcers. With all types of wounds it is imperative to establish if there is any underlying reasons since certain illnesses can cause more wounds or delay the healing process. The doctor is responsible for making the diagnosis and to prescribe the correct treatment whereas the nurse’s responsibility is for the nursing care and its documentation. The patient’s lifestyle, his next of kin and his environment all play an important part in this healing process. A holistic approach is therefore necessary to be able to give good standard of nursing care. The nurse can by being careful and precise when changing the dressing, using assessment tools and document, give encouragment for compliance, inform and educate patients, help a great deal in the patient’s healing process. Further research is needed to see how the nurses’ compliance can be improved, and how new knowledge can be implemented. Nurse students need to learn more about wounds and wound treatments in their basic education, and evidencebased guidelines have to be used in the caring for leg ulcer patients.

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Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Linköping : Univ., 2003. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-126).

Proefschrift--Utrecht. / Bibliography: p. 101-104.