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  • Title: [Drug combinations in the care of bed sores].
    Author: Marinho Ade M.
    Journal: Rev Bras Enferm; 1997; 50(2):257-74. PubMed ID: 9775937.
    Abstract:
    The present study aims at discussing the types of prescriptions and caring bedsores related to IRUXOL ointment use, as well as bandages practice reports performed by the nursing team in care units. Nineteen patient files from three School Hospitals ins Rio de Janeiro city have been analyzed. The results presented eight different kinds of drug prescription for bedsore treatment in which four of them were related to IRUXOL. The most frequent formulation was: cleaning with PVP-I + Physiologic Solution 0.9% and IRUXOL. It has also been observed that the nursing professional had used seventeen different combinations with several substances in which ten of them were associated to IRUXOL. They have also reported the use of 24 different products/substances when performing bedsores bandages. The indiscriminated use of products which alters injury pH (acid-base contents) such a factor which interferes debridant action of IRUXOL, has been verified.
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