a novel method in wound assessment Rolf Jelnes ”Sår-i-Syd” Visitrak a novel method in wound assessment Rolf Jelnes ”Sår-i-Syd”
Quality in wound healing – focusing on size of the wound Documentation: by describtion words, words by photography many photos are in stock difficult to compare by measuring circumference, height, width, depth
Commonly used
Grids
Grids Approaching truth ! Cumbersome – different methods Weighing Optic reading/ planimetry Succesfull ????
Visitrak Allows for bedside measurement of Wound area Height Width Depth % of e.g. necrotic tissue
Wound area ? Accuracy ? Depends on working conditions Is the wound easy to get access to ? Moisture Where to draw the line ?
Area 21.4cm2 27.5cm2 28% !!!
Standard conditions: Define locally: Choose wound edge og skin edge ? Which side of the drawingline ?
Depth Difficult task Time consuming, at least in my hands Gave up !!! I missed the users manual !
% different tissue 9.9%
Problems Circular wounds Anatomic limitations Depth relevance ?
Conclusion Reliable method to measure changes in size applicable to most leg ulcers with two ekstra features: % different tissue within soft ware to work with the data
case See visitrak capture
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