Care management to chronic wound carriers in Primary Health Care: Care management to chronic wound carriers in Primary Health Care

• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Denis Fernandes da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme
• Texto Completo: https://revistaenfermagematual.com/index.php/revista/article/view/503
• topic: Ferimentos e Lesões; Casos Crônicos; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Wounds and Injuries; Chronic Disease; Primary Health Care

Objective: To characterize the profile of users with chronic injuries and the care profile implemented for these users by a Basic Health Unit with Family Health Strategy. Methodology: This is a documentary, descriptive, exploratory research and quantitative approach in which data related to the care process to chronic wounds carriers in a Basic Health Unit were studied. Data from August 2017 to July 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Results: The public was predominantly elderly and discreetly female, with a high frequency of chronic diseases. Of total, 56.7% had vascular lesions, which in 46.7% had granulation tissue and 63.3% showed infection or colonization. The care was performed in 96.7% of cases in the medical rooms and rooms of bandages of the health unit. Most of the special healings (62.5%) was absent at some time during the study period. Conclusions: The need to strengthen the role of primary care in the management of chronic injuries was evidenced, as well as the relevance of the effective supply of inputs to reduce care fragmentation.