Volume 55 - Issue 4 - April, 2009
Feature
Case Report
04/01/2009
Abstract
Vibrio alginolyticus is a halophilic Gram-negative bacterium normally present in seawater. Vibrios are not capable of cutaneous invasion through intact skin and their isolation from extraintestinal sites is uncommon. However,...
Abstract
Vibrio alginolyticus is a halophilic Gram-negative bacterium normally present in seawater. Vibrios are not capable of cutaneous invasion through intact skin and their isolation from extraintestinal sites is uncommon. However,...
Abstract
Vibrio alginolyticus...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2009
Abstract
Diagnosis of wound malignancy often remains elusive and is of particular concern in the geriatric population because the average age for presentation of squamous cell cancer is 70 years. Basal and squamous cell carcinoma, as well as...
Abstract
Diagnosis of wound malignancy often remains elusive and is of particular concern in the geriatric population because the average age for presentation of squamous cell cancer is 70 years. Basal and squamous cell carcinoma, as well as...
Abstract
Diagnosis of wound...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Editorial
04/01/2009
Leadership is the ability to guide, direct, or influence people. A leader can be an individual or a group of people. Leadership can be taking a chance personally or professionally to make a change in your work or practice setting,...
Leadership is the ability to guide, direct, or influence people. A leader can be an individual or a group of people. Leadership can be taking a chance personally or professionally to make a change in your work or practice setting,...
Leadership is the ability...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Executive Spotlight
04/01/2009
During opening ceremonies for the 2005 Sympoisum on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) announced that its mission was about to enter uncharted waters. The AAWC was going global. As with...
During opening ceremonies for the 2005 Sympoisum on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) announced that its mission was about to enter uncharted waters. The AAWC was going global. As with...
During opening ceremonies...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Letter from the Editor
04/01/2009
Growing up, I thought instant communication meant a string and two empty green bean cans strung across the breezeway between bedroom windows. One friend would yell to the other, “Pick up!” and a satisfying chat ensued (“What are you...
Growing up, I thought instant communication meant a string and two empty green bean cans strung across the breezeway between bedroom windows. One friend would yell to the other, “Pick up!” and a satisfying chat ensued (“What are you...
Growing up, I thought...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
04/01/2009
The study presented in Takahashi PY, Kiemele LJ, Chandra A, Cha SS, Targonski PV, A retrospective cohort study of factors that affect healing in long-term care residents with chronic wounds (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2009;55[1]:32–37)...
The study presented in Takahashi PY, Kiemele LJ, Chandra A, Cha SS, Targonski PV, A retrospective cohort study of factors that affect healing in long-term care residents with chronic wounds (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2009;55[1]:32–37)...
The study presented in...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention