Survey of Wound-Healing Centers and Wound Care Units in China

The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds
Yufeng JiangXiaobing Fu

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to report the Chinese experience of establishing hospital-based wound care centers over 15 years. A total of 69 wound-healing centers (WHCs) and wound care units (WCUs) were involved. Questionnaires were diverged to the principal directors of these sites; data extracted for this study included origin, year of establishment, medical staff, degree of hospitals, wound etiology, wound-healing rate, hospital stay, and outcomes data. The period of data extraction was defined as before and after 1 year of the establishment of WHCs and WCUs. The earliest WHC was established in 1999, and from 2010 the speeds of establishing WHCs and WCUs rapidly increased. The majority of WHCs were divisions of burn departments, and all WHCs came from departments of outpatient dressing rooms. Full-time multidisciplinary employees of WHCs differed greatly to WCUs. Types of wound and outcomes vary with those of centers reported from Western countries and the United States. Improvement in wound healing caused by the establishment of WHCs and WCUs in China occurred without doubt. Some advices include the following: rearrange and reorganize the distribution of WHCs and WCUs; enact and generalize Chinese guidelines for chronic wou...Continue Reading

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Sep 5, 2018·The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds·Yufeng JiangXiaobing Fu
May 10, 2020·Wound Repair and Regeneration : Official Publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society·Jiaoyun DongShuliang Lu
Mar 19, 2020·Wound Repair and Regeneration : Official Publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society·Xiaobing Fu
Jul 7, 2017·The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds·Xiaofang SunTing Xie
Dec 16, 2020·Journal of Wound Care·Héctor González-de la TorreJavier Soldevilla-Ágreda

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