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Primary bandages for people with pemphigus vulgaris lesions: an integrative literature review

Coberturas primarias en personas con lesiones por pénfigo vulgar: revisión integradora de literatura

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To identify the primary bandages recommended in the literature to dress the wounds of people with pemphigus vulgaris and to describe the positive or negative repercussions related to these bandages.

Method:

Integrative literature review, using the descriptors "dressing", "nursing care", "nursing", "skin diseases / vesiculobollous" and "pemphigus"; inclusion criteria: articles that address primary bandages for pemphigus vulgaris skin lesion dressing; published between 2010 and 2017; in Portuguese, English or Spanish; indexed in BDENF, LILACS, PubMed, and/or Scopus.

Results:

eight articles were selected, seven had evidence levels 4 and 5 and one had evidence level 3. The primary bandages covered were: silver gel, hydrocolloid, hydrogel, silver-containing hydrofiber, antibiotics, sterilized vaseline, corticoid, and vitamin E ointment

Conclusion:

Sterile gauze with vaseline, prepared according to protocol, was the bandage presented in the study with the most significant level of evidence.

Keywords:
Nursing; Nursing care; Dermatology; Pemphigus; Bandages

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