Advances in skin & wound care
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Adv Skin Wound Care · Jan 2021
Management of Nonhealable and Maintenance Wounds: A Systematic Integrative Review and Referral Pathway.
To synthesize the evidence regarding nonhealable and maintenance wound management and propose an interprofessional referral pathway for wound management. ⋯ Strong evidence on the clinical management of nonhealable wounds is limited. Few studies describe outcomes specific to maintenance care. Patient-centered care, timely intervention by skilled healthcare providers, and involvement of the interprofessional team emerged as the central themes of effective management of maintenance and nonhealable wounds.