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Review
. 1990 Nov;1(3):595-601.
doi: 10.4037/15597768-1990-3015.

Wound healing in the surgical patient: influence of the perioperative stress response on perfusion

J M West
Review

Wound healing in the surgical patient: influence of the perioperative stress response on perfusion

J M West. AACN Clin Issues Crit Care Nurs. 1990 Nov.

Abstract

The clinical effect of surgical stress created by pain, cutting, cold, fear, and hypovolemia is peripheral vasoconstriction which limits wound perfusion and oxygenation and impairs wound healing. Correction of all factors as simultaneously as possible is the goal.

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