Volume 55 - Issue 12 - December, 2009
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
12/01/2009
Pilonidal disease is acute and chronic, affects young men three times more frequently than women, and is believed to be caused by ingrown hairs that stimulate an inflammatory and granulomatous process. In our clinic, most patients with...
Pilonidal disease is acute and chronic, affects young men three times more frequently than women, and is believed to be caused by ingrown hairs that stimulate an inflammatory and granulomatous process. In our clinic, most patients with...
Pilonidal disease is acute...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
12/01/2009
Caring for people with intimate healthcare needs such as an ostomy is a great responsibility. Traditionally, ostomy clinicians learn the tricks-of-the-trade from preceptors, mentors, and patients. But as in all of medicine and nursing,...
Caring for people with intimate healthcare needs such as an ostomy is a great responsibility. Traditionally, ostomy clinicians learn the tricks-of-the-trade from preceptors, mentors, and patients. But as in all of medicine and nursing,...
Caring for people with...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
12/01/2009
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. — Winston Churchill
Nancy Muller, MBA, is the Executive Director of the National Association For Continence (NAFC). She was elected to its Board of Directors in1996,...
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. — Winston Churchill
Nancy Muller, MBA, is the Executive Director of the National Association For Continence (NAFC). She was elected to its Board of Directors in1996,...
We make a living by what we get,...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
12/01/2009
Adequate hydration is an essential requirement for wellness. This article addresses some of the ways hydration affects patient status and medical outcomes. The importance of hydration for wound prevention and treatment, in particular,...
Adequate hydration is an essential requirement for wellness. This article addresses some of the ways hydration affects patient status and medical outcomes. The importance of hydration for wound prevention and treatment, in particular,...
Adequate hydration is an...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
12/01/2009
Happy Holidays from AAWC
AAWC wishes to thank its members and supporters for their continued participation and contributions to our organization. If you are not yet a member, read on to find out many of the ways the AAWC exists to serve...
Happy Holidays from AAWC
AAWC wishes to thank its members and supporters for their continued participation and contributions to our organization. If you are not yet a member, read on to find out many of the ways the AAWC exists to serve...
Happy Holidays from AAWC
...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
12/01/2009
In November, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) called a hearing to discuss issues pertaining to disclosure rules for drug manufacturers on the Internet. In 2008, the pharmaceutical industry spent $4.4 billion on television and print...
In November, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) called a hearing to discuss issues pertaining to disclosure rules for drug manufacturers on the Internet. In 2008, the pharmaceutical industry spent $4.4 billion on television and print...
In November, the Federal...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
12/01/2009
Device treats diabetes-associated foot and leg pain
Anodyne Therapy (Tampa, FL), recently launched Anodyne® Freedom 300, the company’s newest product designed to allow patients to affordably and effectively treat foot and leg pain...
Device treats diabetes-associated foot and leg pain
Anodyne Therapy (Tampa, FL), recently launched Anodyne® Freedom 300, the company’s newest product designed to allow patients to affordably and effectively treat foot and leg pain...
Device treats...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
12/01/2009
Abstract
The Red-Yellow-Black (RYB) wound classification system was introduced to the US in the late 1980s for the purpose of simplifying wound assessment and guiding treatment. Although the color system was found to have limitations for...
Abstract
The Red-Yellow-Black (RYB) wound classification system was introduced to the US in the late 1980s for the purpose of simplifying wound assessment and guiding treatment. Although the color system was found to have limitations for...
Abstract
The Red-Yellow-Black...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
12/01/2009
Abstract
Researchers working with partners in home care to plan a pragmatic multicenter community-based, randomized, controlled trial for leg ulcer compression treatment realized a smaller pilot study would be necessary. Because no framework...
Abstract
Researchers working with partners in home care to plan a pragmatic multicenter community-based, randomized, controlled trial for leg ulcer compression treatment realized a smaller pilot study would be necessary. Because no framework...
Abstract
Researchers working...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Executive Spotlight
12/01/2009
Mike Genau recently packed up his family and bid a fond farewell to Annapolis, Maryland and headed to San Antonio, Texas to become the Global President of the Active Healing Solutions™ division for Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI). KCI has two...
Mike Genau recently packed up his family and bid a fond farewell to Annapolis, Maryland and headed to San Antonio, Texas to become the Global President of the Active Healing Solutions™ division for Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI). KCI has two...
Mike Genau recently packed...
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Wound Management & Prevention
