DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000493164.75337.de
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PMID: 27632442
Issn Print: 1527-7941
Publication Date: 2016/10/01
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effectiveness of high-voltage monophasic pulsed current (HVMPC) as an adjunct to a standard wound care for the treatment of Stage II and III pressure ulcers (PrUs).
DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical study.
SETTING:Two nursing and care centers.
PATIENTS:Patients with PrUs that did not respond to previous treatment for at least 4 weeks were randomly assigned to the electrical stimulation (ES) group (25 patients; mean age of 79.92 ± 8.50 years; mean wound surface area [WSA] of 10.58 ± 10.57 cm2) or to the control group (24 patients; mean age of 76.33 ± 12.74 years; mean WSA of 9.71 ± 6.70 cm2).
INTERVENTIONS:Both the ES and control groups received standard wound care and respectively, cathodal HVMPC (154 microseconds; 100 pulses per second; 0.24 A; 250 μ/s) applied continuously for 50 minutes once a day, 5 times a week, or sham HVMPC.
MAIN OUTCOME:Percentage area reduction over 6 weeks of intervention.
MAIN RESULTS:In the ES group, there was a statistically significant decrease in WSA after 1 week of treatment (35% ± 30.5%) compared with 17.07% ± 34.13% in the control group (P = .032). After treatment, at week 6, percentage area reduction in the ES group was 80.31% ± 29.02% versus 54.65% ± 42.65% in the control group (P = .046).
CONCLUSIONS:Cathodal HVMPC reduces the WSA of Stage II and III PrUs. The results are consistent with the results of other researchers who used HVMPC to treat PrUs.
