Volume 50 - Issue 10 - October, 2004
Column
10/01/2004
The stoma is poorly cited and lies deep in a fat fold near the groin. A double-barrel colostomy is placed through an incision. An appropriately cited stoma is now retracted due to massive postoperative weight gain.
Most clinicians...
The stoma is poorly cited and lies deep in a fat fold near the groin. A double-barrel colostomy is placed through an incision. An appropriately cited stoma is now retracted due to massive postoperative weight gain.
Most clinicians...
The stoma is poorly cited...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
10/01/2004
Clinical Practice Abstracts
An interdisciplinary team approach using botulinum toxin type A* to reduce the effects of spasticity on positioning and risk of skin
Jablonski L, PT; Carewest; Plamondon S, MD, FRCP(C), CSCN (EMG) Assistant...
Clinical Practice Abstracts
An interdisciplinary team approach using botulinum toxin type A* to reduce the effects of spasticity on positioning and risk of skin
Jablonski L, PT; Carewest; Plamondon S, MD, FRCP(C), CSCN (EMG) Assistant...
Clinical Practice Abstracts
An...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
10/01/2004
Debriding, deodorizing and healing ointment now available
Smith & Nephew Wound Management (Largo, Fla.) launched Gladase™-C (papain-urea-chlorophyllin copper complex sodium), an enzymatic debriding, deodorizing, and healing...
Debriding, deodorizing and healing ointment now available
Smith & Nephew Wound Management (Largo, Fla.) launched Gladase™-C (papain-urea-chlorophyllin copper complex sodium), an enzymatic debriding, deodorizing, and healing...
Debriding, deodorizing and...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
10/01/2004
Venous insufficiency ulcers in the lower extremities arise as a late manifestation of venous system incompetence.
These ulcers are the most common vascular disorder and account for 80% to 90% of all lower extremity ulcers.1 Often,...
Venous insufficiency ulcers in the lower extremities arise as a late manifestation of venous system incompetence.
These ulcers are the most common vascular disorder and account for 80% to 90% of all lower extremity ulcers.1 Often,...
Venous insufficiency ulcers...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
10/01/2004
On August 12, 2004, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a policy change regarding guidance for coding healed Stage I and Stage II pressure ulcers on the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) standardized...
On August 12, 2004, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a policy change regarding guidance for coding healed Stage I and Stage II pressure ulcers on the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) standardized...
On August 12, 2004, the...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
10/01/2004
Clinicians working in wound care appreciate how life for individuals with wounds is disrupted by care, cost issues, and the pain associated with treatment. Although managing pressure ulcers is often a passion for wound care specialists,...
Clinicians working in wound care appreciate how life for individuals with wounds is disrupted by care, cost issues, and the pain associated with treatment. Although managing pressure ulcers is often a passion for wound care specialists,...
Clinicians working in wound...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
10/01/2004
Chronic skin ulcers result in significant economic costs to the healthcare system and negatively impact the quality of life of those individuals who live with skin breakdown. Recent literature suggests that many chronic wounds persist...
Chronic skin ulcers result in significant economic costs to the healthcare system and negatively impact the quality of life of those individuals who live with skin breakdown. Recent literature suggests that many chronic wounds persist...
Chronic skin ulcers result...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
10/01/2004
Look at the patient lying long in bed. What a pathetic picture he makes. The blood clotting in his veins, the lime draining from his bones, the scybola stacking up in his colon, the flesh rotting from his seat, the urine leaking from his...
Look at the patient lying long in bed. What a pathetic picture he makes. The blood clotting in his veins, the lime draining from his bones, the scybola stacking up in his colon, the flesh rotting from his seat, the urine leaking from his...
Look at the patient lying long...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Insights
Commentary
10/01/2004
The body of evidence compiled against bed rest confirms what past and current "Users and Refusers" of this treatment modality have said for years: "It's impossible." "Don't make me do this." "Isn't there another way?"
As I read the...
The body of evidence compiled against bed rest confirms what past and current "Users and Refusers" of this treatment modality have said for years: "It's impossible." "Don't make me do this." "Isn't there another way?"
As I read the...
The body of evidence...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
10/01/2004
In January 2003, the Canadian Association of Wound Care (CAWC) decided to take a bold step. The membership had been saying that access to both physical and human resources for managing chronic wounds was a major issue — that while the...
In January 2003, the Canadian Association of Wound Care (CAWC) decided to take a bold step. The membership had been saying that access to both physical and human resources for managing chronic wounds was a major issue — that while the...
In January 2003, the...
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Wound Management & Prevention
