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    Recent Advances in Approach to Diabetic Foot Ulcer

    By Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Amrutha J S

    Abstract: Diabetic foot ulcers develop as a complication of diabetes mellitus and represent a disease of significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Healthcare professionals can formulate the management plan for each patient's specific needs and address any underlying risk factors. It requires thorough debridement, wound dressings, offloading, vascular assessment, infection control, glycaemic control, and a multidisciplinary approach for effective management. Along with this, newer agents such as nanomolecules and nano-drug delivery …

    Published in Trends in Drug Delivery · Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2023 · pp. 1–9 Read article

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    Role of Alkalinized Topical Heparin and Lignocaine Preparation in Burn Wound

    By Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Dr Killi Madhu Babu, Barath Kumar Singh. P

    Abstract: Burns can severely damage a patient's physical and mental health. We should consider pain, hospital stays, lost workdays, and financial strain while handling these patients. Burn patients need rapid specialist care to reduce morbidity and death. Heparin is anti-inflammatory, allergic, histaminic, serotonin-blocking, and proteolytic enzyme-blocking. Topical forms have been used to prevent burn extension, limit skin tissue loss, promote quicker healing with fewer contractures, relieve pain, reduce tissue oedema and …

    Published in Trends in Drug Delivery · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 16–19 Read article

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    Wound Bed Preparation (WBP) and the Use of Hybrid Acrylic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (HA-NPWT)

    By Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Vibhansu Yadav, Bharath Prakash

    Abstract: The majority of morbidity is caused by chronic wounds. They put the patient and carer under time and financial strain. The techniques used to treat chronic wounds have drastically improved throughout time. Utilising hybrid acrylic sheets along with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is one of the more modern therapeutic approaches. None of the earlier studies conducted in India combined these therapies to treat chronic wounds. We would want to …

    Published in Trends in Drug Delivery · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 32–37 Read article

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