Objectives:

Description of the activity and characteristics of the patients coming from Santa Coloma de Gramenet with ulcers of the lower extremity, visited during 2019 in the Chronic Wounds Clinic of the Hospital Espèrit Sant Foundation.

Methodology:

A descriptive retrospective study of patients from Santa Coloma with Ulcers of the lower extremity (UEI), who attended the clinic of chronic wounds.

Results:

100 patients were treated, with a total of 724 visits. Average age of 74.1 ± 13.2 years, 39% women. The etiology of UEI was presented in the following proportions: diabetic-ischemic 36%, venous ulcers 28%, arterial lesions 22%, diabetic foot and calciphylaxis lesions 6%, Martorell ulcers 4% and neoplastic lesions 1%. Most of the patients presented pluri-pathologies with the average of 4 pathologies and risk factors. 82% of the visits were successive visits with an overall average of 7.24 visits per patient. The lesions that required the highest number of visits were diabetic-ischemic lesions with an average of 9.1. 53% of the first visits came from the emergency department. 61% of the patients came to the clinic mobilized in a wheelchair and 40% had been transferred by ambulance.

Conclusions:

The work supported to reaffirm the workloads and has evidenced a lack of useful records that help both at the level of care and for possible future research.

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