Nanofiber-based wound dressing in wound healing of elderly patients

Introduction:
With the aging of the population, it has become a serious problem that the wounds of elderly patients are not easy to heal.

Aim:
To explore the application of nanofiber wound dressing in wound healing of elderly patients.

Material and methods:
In this article, 86 elderly patients with chronic wounds admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine from January 2023 to September 2023 were enrolled, and they were randomly divided into control and experimental groups, with 43 cases in each group. Controls used traditional wound dressings in care. The experimental group used nanofiber wound dressings. The wound healing efficacy, inflammatory factors, side effects, wound infection degree, healing time, and pain were compared between the two groups.

Results:
The total effective rate of the experimental group (97.67%) was higher as against controls (86.04%). Wound germiculture positive (7.14 ±2.76%) was lower in the experimental group as against controls (22.13 ±3.27%. The wound healing time of the experimental group (18.68 ±5.78 d) was shorter as against controls (30.24 ±6.19 d). The visual analogue scale (VAS) score of the experimental group (2.68 ±0.41 s) was lower as against controls (3.57 ±0.89 s) after 16 days of care (p < 0.05).

Conclusions:
The use of nanofiber dressings is an effective means to promote wound healing in elderly patients, which is worthy of application in practical care.