Assessment of Hyperspectral Imaging in Pressure Injury Healing

This study used a prospective design. A total of 30 patients with sacral PIs were recruited from the rehabilitation ward of a teaching hospital. The authors used a hyperspectral detector to collect wound images and the Beer-Lambert law to estimate changes in tissue StO2 in different stages of PI. RESULTS The tissue StO2 of healthy skin and that of stage 1 PI skin were similar, whereas the tissue StO2 of the wound in stage 2 PIs was significantly higher than that of healthy skin and scabbed tissue (medians, 82.5%, 74.4%, and 68.3%; P
Source: Advances in Skin and Wound Care - Category: Dermatology Tags: ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS Source Type: research