Abstract
Background:
This article reviews a cross-section of literature on wound healing and highlights how diabetes mellitus can cause deviations from usual healing patterns.
Conclusion:
Nursing interventions can either enhance or delay the healing process. Nurses need to understand the defective processes to optimise the available healing potential.
MeSH terms
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Diabetes Complications*
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Diabetes Mellitus / metabolism
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Diabetes Mellitus / prevention & control
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Humans
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Inflammation
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Nurse's Role
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Nursing Assessment / methods
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Postoperative Care / methods
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Postoperative Care / nursing
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Risk Factors
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Skin Care / methods
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Skin Care / nursing
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Surgical Wound Infection / etiology*
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Surgical Wound Infection / nursing*
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Surgical Wound Infection / physiopathology
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Wound Healing*
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Wounds and Injuries / etiology*
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Wounds and Injuries / nursing*
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Wounds and Injuries / physiopathology