Title
Clinical experience with Leptospermum honey use for treatment of hard to heal neonatal wounds: case series
Publication Date
2014
Journal Title
J Perinatol
Abstract
Preterm, critically ill neonates represent a challenge in wound healing. Many factors predispose infants to skin injuries, including decreased epidermal-dermal cohesion, deficient stratum corneum, relatively alkaline pH of skin surface, impaired nutrition and presence of multiple devices on the skin. We present a case series describing the use of medical-grade honey-Leptospermum honey (Medihoney), for successful treatment of slowly healing neonatal wounds, specifically stage 3 pressure ulcer, dehiscent and infected sternal wound, and full-thickness wound from an extravasation injury.
Volume Number
34
Issue Number
2
Pages
161-3
Document Type
Article
EPub Date
2014/01/31
Status
Faculty
Facility
School of Medicine
Primary Department
General Pediatrics
PMID
DOI
10.1038/jp.2013.158