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Factors That Can Affect Tissue Healing

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How do steroids affect tissue healing?
All phases of healing are delayed
How do NSAIDs affect tissue healing?
Increased bleeding and hematoma formation
How do Anticoagulants affect tissue healing?
Higher rate of bleeding and bruising
How do Antirejection Medications affect tissue healing?
Suppress immune system, nausea, and vomiting
How does diabetes affect wound healing?
Delayed hemostasis and prolonged inflammatory phase
ACE recommends that post-operative blood glucose levels be maintained at less than ________ mg/dL and A1C levels _____%
180; 7.1
how does obesity affect wound healing?
Protein deficiency, prolonged surgeries, decreased vascularity of adipose tissue, blood glucose, and poor nutrition
At what % loss of lean body mass is wnd healing impaired?
20
Wnds resulting from radiation therapy are typically treated as what type of wnd?
Partial and full thickness burns
What are some side effects of radiation therapy
Direct cell death to fibroblasts, loss of normal tissue construction, and impaired wound healing. Decreased angiogenesis
What is myelosuppression (associated w/chemotherapy)?
Decreased production of blood cells by the bone marrow.
What 3 things does myelosuppression result in?
Anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia
What is it about tobacco products that causes systemic vasoconstriction?
Nicotine
How does ETOH negatively impact healing?
Increase insulin resistance and result in higher blood glucose levels
Side effect of chemotherapy treatment that can potentially result in neuropathic wounds or prevent a patient with a plantar foot wound from feeling causative mechanical forces
Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy
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