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WOUND DRESSING [13 records]

Record 1 2020-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A wound dressing that contains an agent that promotes blood clotting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

A simple gauze dressing is often not enough to immobilise or provide support to a wound. Binders and bandages applied over or around dressings can provide extra protection and therapeutic benefits by... securing dressings(e. g. elastic webbing applied around leg dressings after a vein stripping).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

[...] de façon à dégager l'œil, la masse angiomateuse fut relevée à l'aide d'un filet élastique maintenu en place (genre Surgifix), aboutissant à sa complète involution en l'espace de deux mois.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A pad made from several layers of gauze folded into a rectangular shape and used as a sponge, for packing off the viscera in abdominal operations, and in other ways.

OBS

The terms "abdominal dressing" and "abdominal pad" are often used as synonyms. In fact, a dressing is any of various materials used for covering and protecting a wound whereas a pad is a cushionlike mass of soft material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Compresse stérile à forte capacité d'absorption, utilisée pour absorber le sang et les exsudats au cours des interventions chirurgicales.

CONT

Faire une compresse abdominale avec de la gaze trempée dans du sérum physiologique tiède pour écarter l'intestin du champ opératoire.

CONT

Après examen de l'ensemble de la cavité abdominale, le segment digestif incriminé est isolé entre des compresses à laparotomie et un champ étanche, hors de la cavité abdominale si possible.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Equipment
CONT

A support bandage is a form of bandage that assists the healing of injured muscles and bones, helps slow the bleeding of a wound, or provides support to prevent injuries from occurring. There are many different kinds of supportive bandages, including many types of pressure or compression bandages, typically made of materials such as cloth or elastic. The type that should be used varies based on the situation and on the intended purpose of the dressing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement vétérinaire

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

Protective coverings, which are either clean or sterile, designed to be placed over a wound or otherwise diseased tissue to keep the site clean and to absorb secretions, protect against trauma, administer medication, and/or stop bleeding.

OBS

Dressings are typically available in three different general types : permeable(e. g., gauze), semipermeable(e. g., transparent self-adhesive film), and occlusive(e. g., hydrocolloids, hydrogels) ;they are usually used to cover a limited area of the body. The type of dressing used depends on the type of wound, wound location, and wound status; dedicated dressings are available for many uses, including burn treatment, dentistry, and cavity wound protection.

PHR

adhesive absorbent, antiseptic, biological, cocoon, dry, fixed, Lister’s, occlusive, paraffin, pressure, protective, rigid, tie-over, wet, wet-to-dry dressing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Ensemble de compresses stériles, sèches ou imprégnées de médicaments, appliquées sur une plaie pour la guérir, la protéger des chocs et l'isoler de l'infection.

OBS

Le pansement a pour but de protéger la plaie contre tout agent nocif extérieur, d'absorber l'exsudat produit par la plaie et de favoriser sa guérison.

PHR

Pansement humide, sec, adhésif, antiseptique, chirurgical, compressif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
DEF

Pieza de tela o de gasa, más o menos larga que se aplica a las diferentes regiones del cuerpo humano, con el fin de mantener o sostener algún apósito, realizar cualquier tipo de compresión o inmovilizar una fractura o luxación.

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Record 6 2008-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

A dry ABD dressing or gauze is then placed over the wound.

OBS

The terms "abdominal dressing" and "abdominal pad" are often used as synonyms. A dressing is any of various materials used for covering and protecting a wound, whereas a pad is a cushionlike mass of soft material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

Bien que les termes «pansement» et «compresse» soient souvent utilisés comme synonymes, il existe une nuance entre ces deux termes. La «compresse» consiste en un amas de coton, ou une superposition de tissus, qui sert à éponger, à nettoyer ou à comprimer au cours d'une opération ou de la pose d'un pansement. Le «pansement», quant à lui, consiste en l'ensemble de compresses stériles, sèches ou imprégnées de médicaments, appliquées sur une plaie pour la guérir, la protéger des chocs et l'isoler de l'infection.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

A dressing, generally bulky, designed to keep a wound from being exposed to air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

On nettoie la région, on met en place une couche de compresses de gazes stériles, et le tout est enfermé dans une toile adhésive (sparadrap) qui colle à la peau environnante, réalisant le pansement occlusif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
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Record 8 1998-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Nonwoven Textiles
CONT

Thermobonding: A technique for bonding fibers of a web with meltable powders or fibers, using infrared heating, hot air,or hot-calendering.

CONT

Nu-Gel Wound Dressing is an occlusive hydrogel dressing consisting of preserved polyvinyl pyrrolidone in water. The gel is supported by a fusible fiber scrim and protected on both sides by polyethylene film.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Nontissés (Industries du textile)
OBS

Fusible adj. : Qui peut fondre, passer à l'état liquide sous l'effet de la chaleur. [...] Qui fond facilement, à une température peu élevée.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Nurseries (Farming)
CONT

GreenThumb's Pruning and Tree Wound Dressing quickly patches damaged trees, roses, shrubs. Helps prevent disease.

Key term(s)
  • wound dressing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Pépinières
DEF

Enduit protecteur étalé à la spatule sur les plaies faites aux arbres au cours de la taille ou du greffage [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

In a surgical procedure or in the treatment of wounds, a method of cleaning and dressing without the introduction of the sterile gloved hand or fingers into the wound or incision, all manipulation being performed by the use of sterile instruments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Technique chirurgicale évitant tout contact entre les gants de l'opérateur et les tissus, pour une meilleure asepsie.

OBS

technique sans contact; technique médiate : Équivalences proposées par le Comité d'étude des termes médicaux français.

Spanish

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Record 11 1989-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

"dressing" : Something used as a cleaning or conditioning agent : as(a) : a material(as ointment, gauze) applied to cover a sore, wound, or other lesion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

Les éléments d'un pansement comprennent : un matériel de contact : gaze aseptique pliée convenablement (compresses); un matériel d'absorption : coton hydrophile, ouate de cellulose; un matériel de protection mécanique et bactériologique (coton cardé); un matériel de contention : bandes de gaze, de crêpe, de toile, adhésifs divers.

OBS

"gaze" : Tissu de coton, très léger et transparent, présenté sous forme de bandes, qui, après stérilisation, sert pour les pansements ou la fabrication de compresses.

OBS

Le terme "pansement-gaze" a été relevé dans les Réglementation du Canada sur l'hygiène et la sécurité du travail.

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

Split-thickness donor sites were created in pig skin and were treated with a synthetic occlusive dressing(Tegaderm), with fine mesh gauze, or with nothing.(A Concentration Gradient of Bacteria within Wound Tissues and Scab. J. Surg. Res. 41(3). 1986. 326-332)(Biosis)

OBS

Bacterial Study of Skin Flora under a Tegaderm dressing. (84 th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A., March 4-9, 1984) (BIOSIS)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 13 1987-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

dressing : An artificial wound cover; a bandage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

pansement : Application sur une plaie de médicaments, de compresses stériles.

Spanish

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