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Wound Dressings

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Dressing
Features
Problems
Uses
Gauze   show non-selective debridement, non-occlusive   secondary Dressing, heavy exudate, infection  
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Transparent Films   occlusive, autolytic debridement, retain moisture   macerative, not safe for infection, peri-wound damage   show
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Hydrogels   show maceration, peri-wound damage, non-occlusive, must use secondary dressing, limited absorption   full and partial thickness, pressure ulcers, vascular ulcers, minor and radiation burns  
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Foams   non-adherent, autolytic debridement, adds moisture, abosorptive   maceration, not effective on dry eschar or no exudate, non-occlusive   show
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Alginates   show non-occlusive, may dehydrate wound, not safe for dry eschar, 3rd degree burns, surgical implantation, and heavy bleeding, require secondary dressing   infection, tunneling and undermining, partial and full thickness wounds  
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show autolytic debridement, adds moisture, absorbs moisture, occlusive, impermeable to gases   not safe for infection, not safe for arteriol ulcers, odor and yellow drainage   primary and secondary dressing, partial and full thickness, necrosis, light to moderate exudate  
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