Glossary

ABI (ankle-brachial index) è il rapporto tra il valore di pressione sistolica misurato alla caviglia e il valore di pressione sistolica. permette di valutare l'eventuale presenza di arteriopatia periferica e la sua gravità.

Circumscribed pus deposit in the tissue resulting from an acute or chronic local infection. It is associated with tissue destruction and often with swelling.

Dressing consisting of TNT including activated carbon and/or silver or with two, non-adherent layers of nylon.

Activated carbon absorbs exudate and neutralizes the bad smell produced by bacteria; silver, if present, controls bacterial load without coming into direct contact with the wound tissues...

Acute pain is usually nociceptive and its function is that of alerting the subject about an ongoing tissue lesion; it is typically localized, it persists for few days and it tends to decrease with the healing process. Its cause is usually known; pain due to a surgical procedure, trauma, concomit...

Acute postoperative pain is pain experienced by a patient undergoing a surgical procedure and it can be caused by the underlying condition, the surgical procedure (including drainage, tubes and complications) and by the forced position kept during the surgical procedure.

Biocompatible material used to cover a cutaneous wound able to maintain a moist interface with the wound bed.

A “technologically advanced” dressing has to recreate the optimal environment for the wound healing process and has to possess specific characteristics depending on the local (wound)...

Cutaneous inflammatory process caused by a cell-mediated delayed hypersensitivity mechanism; it usually appears in the area where contact with the irritant occurred.

Reference pictures:

Picture 1 – Local reaction

It is a drug that relieves pain; it has several different classes, depending on the chemical mechanisms it induces.

Drugs with an activity against phlogosis, pyrexia and pain; they can be steroidal or non-steroidal (NSAIDs).

Drug that can inhibit microorganisms growth or kill microorganisms.

It is a drug with a varied chemical nature capable of contrasting the activity of histamine, one of the main drivers of allergic manifestations.

Group of drugs acting by inhibiting platelet aggregation and therefore blocking thrombus formation.

The prototypes of this class of drugs are aspirin and ticlopidine which, in order to achieve this goal, act through several different mechanisms and, respectively, affect the metabolism of prostag...

Process of separation of a specific hematic component from the donor’s blood.

It is caused by a diminished blood supply that can result in the “death” of the affected bone.

With regards to skin grafts, the term indicates the usage of tissues from the same donor.

Skin grafting where the same patient is both donor and recipient.