Assessment Task: Annotated Bibliography

Assessment Task: Annotated Bibliography

Article 1

Haughey, L., & Barbul, A. (2017). Nutrition and lower extremity ulcers: causality and/or treatment. The international journal of lower extremity wounds, 16(4), 238-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/15347346177376 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1534734617737639

This article is about how nutrition plays a key role in wound healing process predominantly in treating ulcers. In patient Iris the ulcer is 2 cm in diameter with minimal hemoserous exudate. Although she is taking Vitamin D and folic acid supplement to speed up the healing; however, then perception that get and nutrition plays little role is vastly disregarded. Most of the conclusions are derived from in vitro and in vivo investigations, while studies in wound patients remain scarce or controversial. In this article, Haughey explains malnutrition as a deficient nutrition because of not having healthy and full balanced diet. Low level of individuality in the aged people is contrariwise associated with malnutrition, loss of appetite and financial and mentally stress. Vitamin D and iron deficiency is always present in elderly people with ulcers. A small, heterogeneous group of pressure sore patients treated with vitamin C & D, arginine, and zinc revealed enriched wound healing. Similarly, a healthy diet high in protein, minerals and arginine resulted in healthier healing than the standard hospital diet. Significantly improved collagen combination has been observed in healthy aged people who received supplement with glutamine, arginine, and -hydroxy--methyl butyrate. The link between balance diet and wounds and wound recovery is very significant. (208 words)

Article 2

Manley, S., & Mitchell, A. (2022). The impact of nutrition on pressure ulcer healing. British Journal of Nursing, 31(12), S26S30. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2022.31.12.S26

Manley and Mitchell have conducted a detailed examination of malnutritional that can lead to unhealed leg ulcers. Lesions and ulcers are a severe problem in the elderly. The sores are categorised by prolonged and complicated wound healing. The Common wound always has three stages to heal the wound: tenderness, cell proliferation, and remodelling. In chronic ulcers, stage one is abnormally prolonged. The full balanced diet always has a direct effect on the wound recovery process as unbalanced diet or poor diet reduces anabolism and suppresses immunity. All other required vitamins such as vitamins, minerals, proteins, trace elements, glucose, oxygen, and anabolic factors needs to be added in an adequate amount. An integrated review has been performed with 23 randomized controlled experiments and discovered a substantial improvement in leg ulcer recovery with arginine-enriched supplement, but they have found no major wound curing process with zinc supplementation. However, the consumption of fatty acids or omega-3 helps to reduces the size of sores and lesion, and limit wound worsening. Along with malnutrition and insufficient vitamins, the risk of dry skin is also associated with dehydration in elderly people. Dehydrated skin does not let the ulcers skin to be tacked in. (197 words)

Article 3

Felice, Mancini, S., & Di Stefano, R. (2021). The importance of Mediterranean diet and hydration habitus in patients with lower limb ulcers: A pilot study. Journal of Vascular Nursing, 39(3), 7683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvn.2021.06.003

In this article, Felice states that prolonged leg ulcers are a common condition in adults that cause ache, discomfort, and social and mental distress. In approximately 80% of all patients, the primary triggers of chronic leg ulcers are chronic venous deficiency. Conversely, there are other possibly applicable aspects that can avert chronic leg ulcers from healing. The possible effect of nutritional status on curing and course of disease in patients with chronic lesions is extensively advised. The objective is to analyse in detail the nutritional status of chronic wound patients relative to healthy controls based on a large patient population. There are few high-quality statistics on the consumption of healthy diet to reverse lesion risk or improve wound cure. A group of thirty-five patients; M / F 16/19, in age between 78 10 years with arterial, venous, or diverse ulcers underwent a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) and a Hydration Habits Questionnaire (HHQ). Experimental and anthropometrical statistics were gathered. A one-year follow-up was performed. The comprehensive sore remedial was observed in 26% of patients, 67% of those have a daily routine to have at least one litre liquid diet to maintain their hydration. (193 words)