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Test winner amongst anti-embolism stocking
Immobile patients have particular needs while they are in hospital. The inactivity of the calf muscle pump reduces the speed of the venous blood flow back to the heart. This results in an increased risk of thrombosis or postoperative and posttraumatic oedema formation. Standardised compression with graduated pressure control acts on the veins and the tissue, increasing the flow rate of the blood. This can reduce postoperative and posttraumatic oedema and effectively prevent thrombosis.
The requirement for effective thrombosis and oedema prophylaxis is the declining pressure gradient from distal to proximal. In a comparative test 1 mediven thrombexin 18 achieved the best results in terms of biomechanical properties, such as the pressure curve. The authors emphasise that the test winner is the anti-embolism stocking from medi. Only this stocking could fulfill all test criteria.2
Product benefits
- Anatomically knitted stocking with precisely de?ned compression gradient
- Antibacterial toe area
- Inspection opening on the sole of the foot allows to check the circulation and reduces the risk of falling
- Optimum care thanks to silicone topband with size indicator
- Soft heel for pressure relief
- Colour marking at the heel for easy and correct positioning
- Colour-coded size system for quick and simple selection of the stocking size
- Suitable for thigh circumferences up to 90 cm
- Also available with waist attachment
Benefits
- Correctly applied, the textile fabric avoids painful constrictions and window oedema 9
- Simple handling and saving of time make things easier for nursing staff and improves patient care 8, 10
- Increased compliance due to high elasticity and the especially soft, skin-friendly and breathable knit 11
- Highly cost-effective due to reusability 12
Intended purpose
Round knitted clinical compression stocking for compression of the lower extremities, mainly for prevention of diseases of the venous system.
Indications
- Physical thrombosis prophylaxis in immobile patients - pre-, intra- and post-operative 3, 4, 5, 6
- Prevention and therapy of post-operative and post-traumatic oedema 7, 8
Contraindications
- Advanced peripheral arterial occlusive disease (if one of these parameters is present: ABPI < 0.5, ankle arterial pressure < 60 mmHg, toe pressure< 30 mmHg or TcPO2 < 20 mmHg on dorsum of foot)
- Decompensated heart failure (NYHA III + IV)
- Septic phlebitis
- Phlegmasia cerulea dolens
- Massive oedema of the leg
Particular attention to
- Severe weeping dermatosis
- Intolerance to compressive material
- Severe paraesthesia in the limbs
- Advanced peripheral neuropathy (e.g. as seen in diabetes mellitus)
- Primary chronic polyarthritis