A review of blisters caused by wound dressing components: can they impede post-operative rehabilitation and discharge?

This review highlights that some wound dressings can be the cause of blistering. It also presents the mechanisms by which blisters may be caused by poor choice of dressings. The subsequent impact of the blisters on preventing patient mobility - and hence rehabilitation in terms of physiotherapy – are also identified. The possibility that the clinical sequelae (e.g. delayed wound healing, restricted joint range of motion (ROM), muscle atrophy and increased risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)) resulting from this might have a significant and deleterious impact upon patient-related outcomes is discussed. Strategies for the treatment and prevention of blisters are proposed, based upon current knowledge and expertise. The criticality of the wound care specialist and the physiotherapist working together to overcome these challenges and enhance patient care, are underlined. This article is a review of the relevant literature combined with opinions based upon experience and knowledge of the authors

Achieving international consensus for the prevention of orthopaedic wound blistering: results of a Delphi survey

This article presents the results of an international 2 stage Delphi survey carried out via e-mail to achieve consensus as to the most effective postoperative wound management to prevent blistering and other complications. Seventeen prospective participants were invited to be members of the Delphi Panel of which 13 agreed to be involved. The panel suggested that an ideal wound dressing would conform easily to the wound, be easy to apply and remove, allow for swelling and minimise pain on removal. Participants were in agreement that the primary wound dressing should be left in situ for as long as possible, providing there was no excessive oozing or signs of infection. The authors recognise that the Delphi Panel was relatively compact; however, the study arguably provides some useful data that can be used to identify the consequences of wound blistering and important factors that need to be considered when choosing a wound dressing to prevent blistering

The effect of aesthetic quality and spatial layout on the metacognitive processing of naturalistic scenes.

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The effect of aesthetic quality and spatial layout on the metacognitive processing of naturalistic scenes.

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The effect of aesthetic quality and spatial layout on the metacognitive processing of naturalistic scenes.

Metamemory (~ the subjective awareness of one’s own memory processing~) is a concept that has been around for decades, yet the majority of work in the area has focused on the metacognitive processing of word stimuli. Metamemory for naturalistic scene stimuli has only recently emerged as an area of interest (Broers & Busch, 2021; Undorf & Broder, 2021). Metamemory has been typically measured in the form of judgements, the planned experiments will focus on two types of metacognitive judgements: Judgements of Learning (Prospective Judgements) and Remember-Know judgments (Retrospective Judgements). According to Koriat’s Cue-utilization model (Koriat, 1997), three main factors underpin judgements of metamemory: intrinsic factors (the internal characteristics of a given item i.e., how abstract/concrete a particular word is), extrinsic factors (external information that has been assigned to an item as a result of an experimental manipulation i.e., presentation time) and mnemonic factors (subjective cues underlying the specific experience of an individual i.e., the ease at which information comes to mind for a particular item). Previous research by Undorf and Broder (2019) has shown that people not only utilise these factors individually but also integrate them when making metamemory judgements (i.e., utilising multiple factors in combination as opposed to relying on single factors).The main objective of the planned experiments is to examine whether and how people integrate intrinsic and extrinsic factors to inform their metamemory judgements for naturalistic scenes during prospection (Judgements of Learning) and retrospection (Remember-Know Judgements). This experiment will focus on two intrinsic factors: spatial layout and aesthetic quality. Spatial layout (Isola et al., 2011; Brandman & Peleen, 2019) and aesthetic quality (Isola et al., 2011; Choe et al., 2017) have both been linked to the memorability of a scene and shown to affect memory performance, however, neither factor has been examined from a metacognitive standpoint. Although both factors are intrinsic in nature, aesthetic quality involves a more mnemonic, subjective experience relative to spatial layout. The experiment will examine whether and how people integrate aesthetic quality and spatial layout into their judgements of learning (JOLs) at study as well as remember-know (RK) and remember-know-detailed-unfamiliar (RK-DU) judgements at test