Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im
Gesundheitswesen Jahrgang 106, Heft Kompletten Artikel im .pdf
Format anzeigen According to definition, chronic wounds do not
show any tendency for healing over months. From the socio-
economic perspective they are of great importance due to their
frequency, patient burden and costs for the health system. In
wound care, medical devices play a crucial, even more important
role than drugs as nearly every wound needs at least a dressing.
Clinical care and research A wound passes through several phases
of wound healing, which often demand different therapies and
differentiated wound dressings in the sense of a “phase-adapted”
wound therapy. “Modern wound care” reflects a cross-sectoral,
interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach founded on
evidence-based and quality-assured procedures according to the
most recent medical knowledge. Clinical research on chronic
wounds is characterised by a great variety of wound types and
conditions, the strong impact of pa