What Is New in the Understanding of Non Healing Wounds Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapies

Table 1

Predisposing factors for developing a chronic wound.

Age
Venous insufficiency
Arterial insufficiency
Diabetes
Neuropathy
Renal impairment
Systemic morbidity (fibrosis, atherosclerosis, edema, sickle cell disease)
Malignancy
Lymphoedema
Trauma
Rheumatological morbidity
Malnutrition
Pressure over prominent bone
Use of corticosteroids
Vasculitis
Immune suppression
Pyoderma gangrenosum