TY - JOUR
T1 - Análisis del potencial de innovación en apósitos para tratar heridas crónicas en la ciudad de lima, perú
AU - Casado, Fanny L.
AU - Hinostroza-García, Y.
AU - Hernandez-Patiño, I.
AU - Rossani, G.
AU - Guevara-Mendoza, D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Objective: To analyze the potential for innovation in dressings to treat chronic wounds in the City of Lima. Methods: Aqualitative study was carried out by means of interviews to medical experts and purchasing managers of medical supplies for the treatment of difficult-to-resolve wounds in 8 representative public health institutions with categories 1-4 within the only 54 of Lima, Peru - 2018. Results: It was determined that an average of 17 patients is treated in public health institutions on a monthly basis (60% from hospitalization and 40% from an outpatient office). It is equivalent to say that 11,016 patients present chronic wounds of difficult resolution each year, which will require specialized treatment and an average annual demand of 110,160 dressings in stock. The dressings with the highest demand correspond to the Hydrogels and Hydrocolloids, respectively; used because of the positive results they offer in wound healing, despite economic limitations. The market price per unit ranges between 20 and 90 soles (S/.), representings an economic investment of 1500 soles on average per patient, in some cases causing complications or abandonment of treatment when resources are scarce. Conclusion: There is high demand for patients with chronic wounds of difficult resolution in the public health institutions of Lima. It is important to promote and incentivize the investigation of new therapeutic alternatives and / or biomedical devices that favor its treatment.
AB - Objective: To analyze the potential for innovation in dressings to treat chronic wounds in the City of Lima. Methods: Aqualitative study was carried out by means of interviews to medical experts and purchasing managers of medical supplies for the treatment of difficult-to-resolve wounds in 8 representative public health institutions with categories 1-4 within the only 54 of Lima, Peru - 2018. Results: It was determined that an average of 17 patients is treated in public health institutions on a monthly basis (60% from hospitalization and 40% from an outpatient office). It is equivalent to say that 11,016 patients present chronic wounds of difficult resolution each year, which will require specialized treatment and an average annual demand of 110,160 dressings in stock. The dressings with the highest demand correspond to the Hydrogels and Hydrocolloids, respectively; used because of the positive results they offer in wound healing, despite economic limitations. The market price per unit ranges between 20 and 90 soles (S/.), representings an economic investment of 1500 soles on average per patient, in some cases causing complications or abandonment of treatment when resources are scarce. Conclusion: There is high demand for patients with chronic wounds of difficult resolution in the public health institutions of Lima. It is important to promote and incentivize the investigation of new therapeutic alternatives and / or biomedical devices that favor its treatment.
KW - Bandages hydrocolloid
KW - Chronic wounds
KW - Dressings
KW - Hydrogels
KW - Injuries
KW - Innovation (source: MeSH NLM)
KW - Plastic surgery
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U2 - 10.25176/RFMH.V20I4.3195
DO - 10.25176/RFMH.V20I4.3195
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85196763374
SN - 1814-5469
VL - 20
SP - 657
EP - 661
JO - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
JF - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
IS - 4
ER -