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This study aimed to analyze the efficiency of Unna Boot technology in the varicose ulcer healing process. This was a retrospective descriptive study conducted in the wound care clinic of a teaching hospital in southern Brazil, using as the data source the medical records of patients with venous ulcers that used the Unna Boot. The study included 49 patients with 80 varicose ulcers, predominantly in the right lower limb, with 56.2% (n = 45), and the medial malleolus region, with 42.5% (n = 34). Regarding the healing of the ulcers, a large volume of exudate (p = 0.0193) and ulcer size (p

This descriptive documental research aimed to characterize the socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients in a nursing outpatient center for the treatment of wounds in a teaching hospital. Data collection occurred in October 2013. The sample was 142 medical records of patients attended between January 2007 and December 2012. The study reveals the importance of the nursing outpatient center for treating chronic wounds. Among the characteristics, the following stand out: a predominantly female population 73 (51.40%), and mean age of 55 years old, and an age range of 0 to 90 years old, with the highest percentage between 61 and 70 years old; the most frequent wounds were venous, with 112 (44.45%). In relation to the number of wounds per person attended, 79 (55.64%) had one wound. The diseases associated with the development of the wounds were Systemic Arterial Hypertension 67 (47.18%) and Chronic Venous Insufficiency 58 (40.84%).

The work relates the use of flexible sticks in dressings of central venous catheter, in patients in the Intensive Care Unit. It shows that the technique, which was introduced during a period of high incidence of infections relating to central venous catheter, provided an opportunity to reduce the level of infections, controlled by the Hospital Infection Control Service. The work highlights that the new technique has been fully incorporated to the routine inside the hospital as a means to prevent and control infection in patients with central venous catheter.