Mensuração de feridas: revisão da literatura

Abstract

Objective: To identify the scientific production regarding wound measurements. Materials and Methods: Narrative review of the literature. The search was conducted in the databases Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences and the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, in June 2014. Data analysis was performed based on the Minayo’s operative proposal.Results: Nine studies were included in this review, enabling to identify that the wound measurement can be developed through invasive or non-invasive methods. Among the selected studies, five reported non-invasive techniques, two studies addressed invasive techniques and two reported studies on invasive versus non-invasive wound measurement techniques. The non-invasive techniques have been developed and improved in order to minimize the limitations of invasive measurement techniques.Conclusion: The studies identified that the wound measurement can be performed through invasive methods such as decal or acetate tracing and also through disposable paper strip; or non-invasive methods such as digital photographs. It is noteworthy that both invasive and non-invasive techniques can use manual or computer measurements, although most research of this review presented non-invasive methods of measurement.