Questions and Answers Updated
2026
StepsBtoBhealBbyBSecondaryBIntentionB-
BAnswerFormationBofBgranulationBtissue,BcontractionBofBtheBwoundBbedBedges,BandBepithelial
ization
PartialBthicknessBrepairB-
BAnswerInflammatoryBresponse,BepithelialBproliferationBandBmigration,BepidermalBreestablishm
entBandBdifferentiation
WhatBcharacterizesBaBchronicBwoundBhealingBenvironmentB-
BAnswerLowBlevelsBofBgrowthBfactorsBandBreceptorBsites.BTheyBareBneededBtoBmoveBcellsBou
tBofBtheBinflammatoryBphaseBandBintoBtheBproliferative/RebuildingBPhase
WhatBVitaminBassistsBinBcollagen/fibroplasiaBformation?B-BAnswerVitaminBC
NormalBproteinBintakeB-BAnswer.8Bg/kg/24
ProteinBintakeBforBinjuryB-BAnswerincreasedB1.25B-B1.5B/kg/24Bhours
BMIB>25BincreasesB-
BAnswerdehiscence,Binfection,BdelayedBwoundBhealing,BadiposeBtissueBpoorlyBperfusedBandBh
ealsBatBaBslowerBrate
KeloidBScarsBareBformedBhow?B-
BAnswerOvergrowthBofBcollagenBwithinBscarBtissue,BseenBwithBpigmentedBskin.BTrauma.BMayB
ulcerate.BGenetic.
HypertrophicBScarBareBformedBhow?B-
BAnswerscarBwithBthickenedBepidermalBlayerBcontainedBwithinBtheBoriginalBincisionBarea.BFor
medBfromBprolongedBinflammatoryBphase.
, Fast/rapidBweightBlossBproducesBwhatBtypeBofBmalnutrition?B-
BAnswerProteinB&BmixedBproteinBmalnutrition:Bmarasmus-kwashiorkor
MarjoinBulcerB-BAnswerchronicBwoundsBinBmalignantBwound
CandidiasisB-BAnswerPustulesBandBsatelliteBlesionsBwithBredBbase
IncontinenceBassociatedBdermatitisB-BAnswerblistersBwithBredBbase
RadiationBDermatitisB-BAnswerGradeB1:BDryBdesquamationB(Peeling)
GradeB2:Berythema,BmoistBdesquamationB(partialBthickness),BmodBedema
GradeB3:BBleedingBskin
WhealBskinBlesionB-BAnswerItching,Bburning,Bred,Belevated,Birregular
PyodermaBGangrenosumB-
BAnswerUlcerBwithBirregularBshapeBandBviolaceousB(purple)BraisedBedges.BSharpBdebridement
BisBcontraindicated.
CalciphylaxixB-
BAnswerCalcificBuremicBarteriolopathyBelevatedBcalcium/phosphate.BDialysis.BmayBpresentBsimil
arBtoBPyoderma.BAggressiveBsharpBdebridementBforBnecroticBtissue.
PartialBthicknessBwoundB-
BAnswershallowB,.2Bcm,Bmoist,Bpink/redBwoundBbase,BexposureBofBbasementBmembraneBand
BofBnerveBendings.BEpidermal/DermalBLoss
-BHealBbyBreepithelialization
-BNoBscarBorBlossBofBfunction
EpiboleB-
BAnswerrolledBskinBedgeBthatBindicatesBslowBhealing.BPreventsBepithelializationBandBclosure.B
CauterizationB(silverBnitrate)BorBsurgicalBdebridement