PhD Conferral Dhr. Armand A.L.M. Rondas, MSc
“Prevalence and assessment of (infected) chronic wounds”
Supervisor:
- prof.dr. J.M.G.A. Schols
Co-supervisors:
- dr. R.J.G. Halfens;
- dr. E.E. Stobberingh
Rondas has examined the prevalence of chronic wounds in Dutch nursing homes. More than four in hundred nursing home residents have at least one difficult-to-heal wound. Nearly half of these wounds were bedsores (decubitus). Fewer than 25% of all chronic wounds were assessed as being infected. Rondas’ research showed that collecting wound tissue by using a cotton swab for microbiological examination (a wound swab) is a waste of time and money. Treatment in the primary health care Kenniscentrum Wondbehandeling wound expertise centre in Venray proved not only therapeutically effective (nearly two-thirds of the patients make a full recovery), but also cost effective.
Trefwoorden:
chronic wounds, clinical assessment, cost analysis
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