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Local warming therapy for treating chronic wounds: A systematic review

BACKGROUND: Several studies suggest that local warming therapy (LWT) may help to treat chronic wounds, such as pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, arterial ulcers, and diabetic foot ulcers. However, evidence supporting the efficacy of this treatment is still incomplete. This study aimed to assess the ef...

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Autores principales: Yue, Jin-huan, Zhang, Shi-jun, Sun, Qi, Sun, Zhong-ren, Wang, Xin-xin, Golianu, Brenda, Lu, Ying, Zhang, Qinhong
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29561463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009931
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author Yue, Jin-huan
Zhang, Shi-jun
Sun, Qi
Sun, Zhong-ren
Wang, Xin-xin
Golianu, Brenda
Lu, Ying
Zhang, Qinhong
author_facet Yue, Jin-huan
Zhang, Shi-jun
Sun, Qi
Sun, Zhong-ren
Wang, Xin-xin
Golianu, Brenda
Lu, Ying
Zhang, Qinhong
author_sort Yue, Jin-huan
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description BACKGROUND: Several studies suggest that local warming therapy (LWT) may help to treat chronic wounds, such as pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, arterial ulcers, and diabetic foot ulcers. However, evidence supporting the efficacy of this treatment is still incomplete. This study aimed to assess the effects of LWT in treating chronic wounds. METHODS: For this review, we searched the Cochrane Wounds Specialized Register (March 6, 2017); the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library, 2017 issue 3); Ovid MEDLINE (1946 to March 6, 2017); Ovid Embase (1974 to March 6, 2017); EBSCO CINAHL (1982 to March 6, 2017); Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (1980 to March 20, 2017); China National Knowledge Infrastructure (1980 to March 20, 2017); VIP Information (1980 to March 20, 2017) (Chinese Database); and Wanfang Data (1980 to March 20, 2017). We did not apply date or language restrictions. Published or unpublished randomized controlled trials (RCTs) analyzing the effects of LWT in the treatment of chronic wounds (pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, arterial ulcers, and diabetic foot ulcers) were screened and selected. Two review authors independently conducted study selection, we planned that 2 review authors would also assess risk of bias and extract study data. RESULTS: No studies (RCTs) met the inclusion criteria for this review. Thus, it was impossible to undertake a meta-analysis or a narrative description of studies. CONCLUSIONS: The effects of LWT for treating chronic wounds are unclear because we did not identify any studies that met the inclusion criteria for this review. Quality improvement for LWT trials is urgently needed.
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spelling pubmed-58953502018-04-18 Local warming therapy for treating chronic wounds: A systematic review Yue, Jin-huan Zhang, Shi-jun Sun, Qi Sun, Zhong-ren Wang, Xin-xin Golianu, Brenda Lu, Ying Zhang, Qinhong Medicine (Baltimore) 3800 BACKGROUND: Several studies suggest that local warming therapy (LWT) may help to treat chronic wounds, such as pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, arterial ulcers, and diabetic foot ulcers. However, evidence supporting the efficacy of this treatment is still incomplete. This study aimed to assess the effects of LWT in treating chronic wounds. METHODS: For this review, we searched the Cochrane Wounds Specialized Register (March 6, 2017); the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library, 2017 issue 3); Ovid MEDLINE (1946 to March 6, 2017); Ovid Embase (1974 to March 6, 2017); EBSCO CINAHL (1982 to March 6, 2017); Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (1980 to March 20, 2017); China National Knowledge Infrastructure (1980 to March 20, 2017); VIP Information (1980 to March 20, 2017) (Chinese Database); and Wanfang Data (1980 to March 20, 2017). We did not apply date or language restrictions. Published or unpublished randomized controlled trials (RCTs) analyzing the effects of LWT in the treatment of chronic wounds (pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, arterial ulcers, and diabetic foot ulcers) were screened and selected. Two review authors independently conducted study selection, we planned that 2 review authors would also assess risk of bias and extract study data. RESULTS: No studies (RCTs) met the inclusion criteria for this review. Thus, it was impossible to undertake a meta-analysis or a narrative description of studies. CONCLUSIONS: The effects of LWT for treating chronic wounds are unclear because we did not identify any studies that met the inclusion criteria for this review. Quality improvement for LWT trials is urgently needed. Wolters Kluwer Health 2018-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5895350/ /pubmed/29561463 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009931 Text en Copyright © 2018 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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Golianu, Brenda
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Zhang, Qinhong
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title_short Local warming therapy for treating chronic wounds: A systematic review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29561463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009931
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