+441518081136Photo biomodulation as additional treatment on pressure ulcer category 4, in frail elderly patients in municipality home healthcare
7th World Congress on WOUND HEALING AND CRITICAL CARE
February 23-24, 2023 | Dubai, UAE
Marianne Degerman
Skelleftea Municipality, Sweden
Keynote : J Trauma Crit Care
Abstract:
Introduction: Frail elderly are a high-risk population for developing pressure ulcer (PU). patients treated in municipality home healthcare living in nursing homes or in their home residence are the frailest. Home healthcare include palliative care. Laser photobiomodulation (PBM) has shown to have effect on wound and tissue healing. In the municipality there is an ongoing scientific study of PBM in addition to dressing of PU4. The Swedish registry RiksSar for ulcer treatment present national data from municipality primary home healthcare, primary healthcare and specialist hospital care, general PU data from the registry are presented as one PU group with the categories PU2, PU3 and PU4 together. Methods: Home healthcare patients with 35 PU4 were in addition to dressing, treated two times per week, with PBM. Infrared GaAs, 904nm, with effect 60mW and 700Hz, targeting lymphatic area and ulcer area. PBM red visible, GaAllnp, 635nm, 75mW and 250Hz, targeting ulcer area. Recent Publications 1. Degerman M, Öhman M, Bertilson BC (2022) Photobiomodulation, as additional treatment to traditional dressing of hard-toheal venous leg ulcers, in frail elderly with municipality home healthcare. PLoS ONE 17(9): e0274023. 2. Taradaj J, Shay B, Dymarek R, Sopel M, Walewicz K, Beeckman D, et al. Effect of laser therapy on expression of angio- and fibrogenic factors, and cytokine concentrations during the healing process of human pressure ulcers. Int. J Med. Sci. 2018;15(11):1105- 1112. 3. Kuffler. Photobiomodulation in promoting wound healing: a review. Regen Med. 2016;11:107-122.
Biography:
Marianne Degerman is a project leader and researcher in the Municipality of Skelleftea Sweden. her main interests are healthcare in aging. In her current project she is focusing on hard to heal ulcers in frail elderly, with Photo biomodulation in addition to traditional ulcer treatment. Her work has been published and presented at various international conferences.
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