Termografía infrarroja como método de diagnóstico en quemadurasuna revisión exploratoria de la literatura

  1. Ángela Avilés-García 1
  2. Pablo López-Casanova 2
  3. Gloria Segura-Jordá 3
  4. José Verdú-Soriano 4
  5. Miriam Berenguer-Pérez 4
  1. 1 Hospital general de Elche. Elche, Alicante
  2. 2 Centro de Salud de Onil. Alicante
  3. 3 Universidad Miguel Hernández. Altea, Alicante
  4. 4 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

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Journal:
Gerokomos: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Enfermería Geriátrica y Gerontológica

ISSN: 1134-928X

Year of publication: 2024

Volume: 35

Issue: 1

Pages: 62-66

Type: Article

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Abstract

Objectives: To review the use and efficacy of infrared thermography as a diagnostic instrument and measurement of burns. Methodology: Two searches were carried out, one general and the other specific, using a controlled language search strategy with MESH terms. To select the articles we filtered them by title, abstract and key words, besides applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: During the general search, 165 articles were found in PubMed, of which 7 were selected and 6 were included. The specific search yielded 28 articles, of which 7 were selected that did not appear in the general search and 6 were finally included. Conclusions: Infrared thermography is an instrument with great potential that has shown good results but much variability and inconsistency at times, so it is necessary to standardize a series of measures that allow us to counteract the difficulties to which it is exposed and minimize biases, a fact that could further improve the results. In addition, further research is needed by applying the thermal variables found to identify the degree of influence and importance that they have and by comparing the different infrared thermography modalities, static and dynamic.

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