Sound Evidence - March 2008 - (Page 59) TABLE 1 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH PARTIAL- AND FULL-THICKNESS BURNS TREATED WITH APWT Pain VAS % BSA 4 2 1 0/1 0/3 0 0/10 0/4 0 6 1.5 45 1.5 10 24 16 10 4 9 108 0 6 8 13 10 4 0 31 7 13 8 10 48 6 16.5 4/–* 38 5 14.5 0/0 APWT treatments, n Pretreatment Healing time, weeks Scarring Nonhypertrophic, Hypopigmented Nonhypertrophic, Hypopigmented Slightly Hypertrophic, Pigment irregular Nonhypertrophic, Pigment irregular Nonhypertrophic, Mostly repigmented Nonhypertrophic, Mostly repigmented Nonhypertrophic, Pigment irregular Nonhypertrophic, Hypopigmented Post-treatment/# Patient C T T T T T T T Age Medical History Burn Type 1 48 y DM, HTN 2 41 y None 3 54 y DM, CABG 4 78 y DM, HTN 5 19 y None 6 45 y None 7 33 y None 8 54 y DM, HTN Hyper-lipidemia Mental retardation T T T T T T 9 9 9 36 1 2 2 15 0 10 2 3 7 2 0 4 2 6 0/2 0 0 0/2 0/2 0/2 9 5 mo None 7 <1 14 2.5 39 3.5 Nonhypertrophic, Repigmented Nonhypertrophic, Repigmented Normal Nonhypertrophic, Pigment irregular Nonhypertrophic, Pigment irregular Hypertrophic, Pigment irregular 10 14 mo None 11 39 y DM, ESRD, HTN Neuropathy, CHF, TIA 12 70 y HTN, CAD, PVD, DM 13† 50 y DM, HTN March 2008 Vol. 54 Issue 3 14 9y None * 59 Pain continued beyond healing. † Treatment <3 times/week APWT=acoustic pressure wound therapy; BSA=body surface area; C=chemical; CABG=cardiac artery bypass graft; CAD=cardiac artery disease; CHF=congestive heart failure; DM=diabetes mellitus; ESRD=end stage renal disease; HTN=hypertension; mo=month; PVD=peripheral vascular disease; T=thermal; TIA=transient ischemic attack; tx=treatment; VAS=visual analog scale; y=year
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