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Volume 50 - Issue 10 - October, 2004

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CAWC Abstracts
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
New Products and Industry News
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
Addressing the Pain: Treating Venous Insufficiency Ulcers with Soft Silicone Dressing
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
CMS Changes Policy on OASIS Coding for Healed Stage I and Stage II Pressure Ulcers
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
Department
My Scope of Practice: Making House Calls wherever the Patient Calls Home
10/01/2004
    Caring for patients along the geriatric continuum, Scott Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP, conceptualized a vision of care management. In his mind’s eye, he sees medical practice as a painting, a work in progress where he helps fill in the...
    Caring for patients along the geriatric continuum, Scott Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP, conceptualized a vision of care management. In his mind’s eye, he sees medical practice as a painting, a work in progress where he helps fill in the...
    Caring for patients along...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
The Ostomy Files: When Surgical Revision Is Not an Option
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

Insights

Commentary
Is Bed Rest An Effective Treatment Modality for Pressure Ulcers?
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
Guest Editorial: Toward Improving Chronic Wound Care
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...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
Malnutrition in the Institutionalized Elderly: The Effects on Wound Healing
10/01/2004
    Under-nutrition and protein-energy malnutrition are seen in alarmingly high rates among institutionalized elderly and are estimated to affect 23% to 85% of the population.1 The rate among patients admitted to the hospital is estimated to...
    Under-nutrition and protein-energy malnutrition are seen in alarmingly high rates among institutionalized elderly and are estimated to affect 23% to 85% of the population.1 The rate among patients admitted to the hospital is estimated to...
    Under-nutrition and...
10/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Prevalence of Pressure Ulcers in Canadian Healthcare Settings
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

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