Volume 52 - Issue 11 - November, 2006
Industry Insider
11/01/2006
Attention Students and Instructors!
Don’t let your papers and assignments languish in a filing cabinet. Ostomy Wound Management has extended its program to facilitate publication of papers written by residents/students enrolled...
Attention Students and Instructors!
Don’t let your papers and assignments languish in a filing cabinet. Ostomy Wound Management has extended its program to facilitate publication of papers written by residents/students enrolled...
Attention Students and...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
11/01/2006
“I’ve got something growing around my stoma! It’s bleeding, it hurts, and I’m scared it’s my cancer coming back.”
What this patient is describing is a peristomal skin condition referred to by multiple terminologies: pseudoverrucous...
“I’ve got something growing around my stoma! It’s bleeding, it hurts, and I’m scared it’s my cancer coming back.”
What this patient is describing is a peristomal skin condition referred to by multiple terminologies: pseudoverrucous...
“I’ve got something growing...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
11/01/2006
This column and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) are typically associated with clinician contributions. In a healthcare world where patients are encouraged to become informed advocates for their care, not addressing...
This column and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) are typically associated with clinician contributions. In a healthcare world where patients are encouraged to become informed advocates for their care, not addressing...
This column and the...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
11/01/2006
A significant part of wound management includes educating the patient, the caregiver, and the healthcare providers who deal with the often devastating and life-changing effects of wounds. Frequently, medical professionals, as well as the...
A significant part of wound management includes educating the patient, the caregiver, and the healthcare providers who deal with the often devastating and life-changing effects of wounds. Frequently, medical professionals, as well as the...
A significant part of wound...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
11/01/2006
Adapted from a poster presented at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, San Antonio, Tex, April 30–May 3, 2006
The skin of premature neonates may be overly susceptible to skin tears due to decreased skin elasticity. In addition, a risk...
Adapted from a poster presented at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, San Antonio, Tex, April 30–May 3, 2006
The skin of premature neonates may be overly susceptible to skin tears due to decreased skin elasticity. In addition, a risk...
Adapted from a poster...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Industry News
11/01/2006
Company receives FDA approval for next-generation wound dressing
Derma Sciences, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) announces US Food and Drug Administration approval of ALGICELL™ Ag Calcium Alginate Wound Dressing with Antimicrobial Silver, a...
Company receives FDA approval for next-generation wound dressing
Derma Sciences, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) announces US Food and Drug Administration approval of ALGICELL™ Ag Calcium Alginate Wound Dressing with Antimicrobial Silver, a...
Company receives FDA approval...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Guest Editorial
11/01/2006
The emergence of wound healing as a major specialty has changed the face of medicine. The most basic of human ailments, the chronic wound has become the focus of intense scientific investigation and the term evidence-based is now rigorously...
The emergence of wound healing as a major specialty has changed the face of medicine. The most basic of human ailments, the chronic wound has become the focus of intense scientific investigation and the term evidence-based is now rigorously...
The emergence of wound healing...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
11/01/2006
Venous ulcers (VU) profoundly decrease a person’s quality of life.1,2 They affect up to 1% of the population over 60 years of age at any given time3,4 and cost an estimated $2.5 to $3.5 billion US healthcare dollars annually.5 A MEDLINE...
Venous ulcers (VU) profoundly decrease a person’s quality of life.1,2 They affect up to 1% of the population over 60 years of age at any given time3,4 and cost an estimated $2.5 to $3.5 billion US healthcare dollars annually.5 A MEDLINE...
Venous ulcers (VU) profoundly...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
11/01/2006
The term critical colonization has attracted increasing attention over the past 5 years. Accepted by some and viewed with derision by others, critical colonization has been regarded by a number of publications as synonymous with local...
The term critical colonization has attracted increasing attention over the past 5 years. Accepted by some and viewed with derision by others, critical colonization has been regarded by a number of publications as synonymous with local...
The term critical colonization...
11/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
11/01/2006
In 2002, the Association for Advanced Wound Care (AAWC) formed and funded the multidisciplinary Quality of Care Task Force with the intent to improve the quality of wound care services. This task force, represented by podiatrists (DPMs),...
In 2002, the Association for Advanced Wound Care (AAWC) formed and funded the multidisciplinary Quality of Care Task Force with the intent to improve the quality of wound care services. This task force, represented by podiatrists (DPMs),...
In 2002, the Association for...
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Wound Management & Prevention
