Modifying perfusion, nutrition, and stress to promote wound healing in patients with acute wounds.

Tissue injury is common among patients in acute care settings. The subsequent response to injury, wound healing, follows an intricate but well-defined sequence that, under normal conditions, proceeds to satisfactory repair. However, because of the complexity of the healing response, several factors can intervene to impair normal healing. As a better understanding of how diverse factors influence healing is gained, the use of interventions that modulate these factors becomes possible and potentially beneficial. This article reviews knowledge of perfusion, nutrition, and stress as they relate to healing in patients experiencing acute wounds. Therapeutic implications based on current research are discussed.

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