Cultura

Application Of The Nursing Care Process To An Elderly Hospitalized Patient With Frailty Syndrome: A Case Study

VOLUME 22, 2024

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Edna Peñaloza Gómez
Mayra Barajas Lizarazo
Katty Escobar Velásquez

Abstract

Introduction: The frailty syndrome in older adults involves the impairment of various dimensions that constitute the human being; among the main ones are physical and psychosocial aspects, which render them vulnerable and at high risk of developing or worsening a disability.

Objetive: To provide care to hospitalized older adults with frailty syndrome through the nursing care process.

Methods: Case study. The nursing care process was addressed using the taxonomies of nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and interventions.

Results: The older adult in the study showed behavioral and attitudinal changes toward positive ways of coping with illness and promoting self-care.

Conclusion: Nursing interventions focused on daily accompaniment, closeness, reflection, and play help promote positive changes in older adults with frailty syndrome. It is confirmed that improving a patient’s psychosocial aspects also contributes to physical improvement, thereby aiding in the prevention of disability.

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Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty