EWMA document: negative pressure wound therapy: overview, challenges and perspectives

J Apelqvist, C Willy, AM Fagerdahl… - Journal of wound …, 2017 - magonlinelibrary.com
1. Introduction Since its introduction in clinical practice in the early 1990's negative pressure
wounds therapy (NPWT) has become widely used in the management of complex wounds in …

[HTML][HTML] Moral distress among operating room personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

AM Fagerdahl, E Torbjörnsson, M Gustavsson… - journal of surgical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the reallocation of
healthcare resources, and a minimization of elective activities. Healthcare personnel …

[HTML][HTML] Signs, symptoms and diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis experienced by survivors and family: a qualitative Nordic multi-center study

A Erichsen Andersson, I Egerod, VE Knudsen… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Background Necrotizing soft tissue infection is the most serious of all soft tissue infections.
The patient's life is dependent on prompt diagnosis and aggressive treatment. Diagnostic …

Assessing the quality of life of people with chronic wounds by using the cross‐culturally valid and revised wound‐QoL questionnaire

CC von Stülpnagel, N da Silva… - Wound Repair and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Wound‐QoL is an often used reliable and valid measure, originally developed
in Germany. It has been sequentially translated and validated for other languages/countries …

The patient's experience of amputation due to peripheral arterial disease

E Torbjörnsson, C Ottosson, L Blomgren… - Journal of vascular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Better information about amputation as a treatment alternative earlier during
vascular investigations and about the possible results after rehabilitation.•Developing a …

Health-related quality of life and prosthesis use among patients amputated due to peripheral arterial disease–a one-year follow-up

E Torbjörnsson, C Ottosson, L Boström… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose A major amputation affects the patients' independence, well-being and HRQoL.
However, prosthesis use and the impact on the patient's HRQoL are scarcely described. The …

Patient safety during joint replacement surgery: experiences of operating room nurses

A Nyberg, B Olofsson, V Otten, M Haney… - BMJ open …, 2021 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Background Avoidable complications for surgical patients still occur despite efforts to
improve patient safety processes in operating rooms. Analysis of experiences of operating …

[HTML][HTML] Wound specific quality of life after blast or gunshot injury: Validation of the wound QoL instrument

A Älgå, J Malmstedt, AM Fagerdahl - PLoS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Acute blast or gunshot wounds have a negative effect on the patients' health
related quality of life (HRQoL). No validated instrument exists to assess the HRQoL of …

Translation and Validation of a Wound-specific, Quality-of-life Instrument (The Wound-QoL) in a Swedish Population.

AM Fagerdahl, G Bergström - Ostomy/Wound Management, 2018 - europepmc.org
Hard-to-heal wounds can compromise patient quality of life (QoL); thus, assessing QoL is an
important aspect of wound management. The aim of this study, conducted from August 2015 …

Translation and validation of the wound‐specific quality of life instrument Cardiff wound impact schedule in a Swedish population

AM Fagerdahl, L Boström, J Ulfvarson… - … Journal of Caring …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To translate and validate the wound‐specific health‐related quality of life
instrument, the Cardiff Wound Impact Schedule (CWIS) in a Swedish population. Methods …