Hydrocolloid versus Liquid Dressings for Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis: A Clinical Evaluation in Critically Ill Patients
Liuliu Wang, Minghui Tong, Zeyu Liu, Junying Fu, Hongmei Zhu, Junyan Guo · 2025
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Liuliu Wang and co-authors compare two dressings for the sore, broken skin that incontinence causes in critically ill patients. Moisture and waste irritate the skin around the pelvis, and intensive care patients are prime victims. Their 2025 trial randomly split 136 such patients between a hydrocolloid dressing and a liquid barrier dressing, then scored skin state, pain, quality of life, healing time, and complications.
Both groups improved on every score. The hydrocolloid group, though, ended with lower skin and pain scores, healed faster, and saw fewer recurrences and complications. One score ran the other way: the life quality index favored the liquid group in the authors' reading. Overall clinical effect clearly favored hydrocolloid. The team recommends it as the better default for this common and miserable problem in intensive care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Liuliu Wang, Minghui Tong, Zeyu Liu, Junying Fu, Hongmei Zhu, Junyan Guo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |