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Volume 55 - Issue 6 - June, 2009

PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Optimizing Pressure Ulcer Care: A Checklist for System Change
06/01/2009
     Our healthcare system sought to enrich and improve strategies to assess, document, and prevent pressure ulcers and to identify key personnel to implement these strategies. An evaluation of our practices yielded the following...
     Our healthcare system sought to enrich and improve strategies to assess, document, and prevent pressure ulcers and to identify key personnel to implement these strategies. An evaluation of our practices yielded the following...
     Our healthcare system...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Nutrition 411: Understanding the Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS)
06/01/2009
     Protein, defined as a complex nitrogenous compound made up of amino acids in peptide linkages, is essential for life. Proteins carry out the work of the cell by serving as enzymes, receptors, transporters, hormones, antibodies, or...
     Protein, defined as a complex nitrogenous compound made up of amino acids in peptide linkages, is essential for life. Proteins carry out the work of the cell by serving as enzymes, receptors, transporters, hormones, antibodies, or...
     Protein, defined as a...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
My Scope of Practice: A (Lone) Star Wound Care Practitioner
06/01/2009
OWM recently spoke with Andrew J. Applewhite, MD, CWS, UHM, and Today’s Wound Clinic editorial board member, to learn about his academic and professional journey in wound care and his most recent accomplishment — ie, being named Medical...
OWM recently spoke with Andrew J. Applewhite, MD, CWS, UHM, and Today’s Wound Clinic editorial board member, to learn about his academic and professional journey in wound care and his most recent accomplishment — ie, being named Medical...
OWM recently spoke with Andrew...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Continence Coach: Treating the Aftermath of Childbirth
06/01/2009
     Nowhere in the world does life confront death more starkly than on the African continent. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than half of the 536,000 women around the world who die during pregnancy and childbirth are...
     Nowhere in the world does life confront death more starkly than on the African continent. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than half of the 536,000 women around the world who die during pregnancy and childbirth are...
     Nowhere in the world does...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
New Products and Industry News June
06/01/2009
Abdomen dressing receives FDA clearance      Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI, San Antonio, TX) recently received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its ABThera™ Open Abdomen Dressing. Earlier this year, the...
Abdomen dressing receives FDA clearance      Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI, San Antonio, TX) recently received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its ABThera™ Open Abdomen Dressing. Earlier this year, the...
Abdomen dressing receives FDA...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Literature Review
Intermittent NPWT and Lower Negative Pressures — Exploring the Disparity between Science and Current Practice: A Review
06/01/2009
Abstract: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is used to treat a wide and growing range of problematic acute and chronic wounds. Continuous therapy delivered at -125 mm Hg has been routinely recommended, despite consistent research...
Abstract: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is used to treat a wide and growing range of problematic acute and chronic wounds. Continuous therapy delivered at -125 mm Hg has been routinely recommended, despite consistent research...
Abstract: Negative pressure...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Implementing Wound Care Guidelines: Observations and Recommendations from the Bedside
06/01/2009
Abstract The successful implementation of wound care guidelines requires an appreciation for the frustrations experienced by nurses trying to incorporate these tools into clinical practice. These frustrations or barriers to best wound care...
Abstract The successful implementation of wound care guidelines requires an appreciation for the frustrations experienced by nurses trying to incorporate these tools into clinical practice. These frustrations or barriers to best wound care...
Abstract The successful...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
Using Low Pressure, NPWT for Wound Preparation & the Management of Split-Thickness Skin Grafts in 3 Patients with Complex Wound
06/01/2009
Abstract The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is well established in the management of hard-to-heal wounds. One institution, familiar with NPWT’s capabilities as well as its shortcomings (eg, pain at dressing changes and pain...
Abstract The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is well established in the management of hard-to-heal wounds. One institution, familiar with NPWT’s capabilities as well as its shortcomings (eg, pain at dressing changes and pain...
Abstract The use of negative...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
Stomal Mucocutaneous Dehiscence as a Complication of Topical Negative Pressure Used to Treat an Open Abdomen: A Case Series
06/01/2009
Abstract Although mucocutaneous dehiscence in cases of laparostomies is rare, this complication occurred in three patients in the Netherlands (all men, 53 to 65 years old) who received topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy in the...
Abstract Although mucocutaneous dehiscence in cases of laparostomies is rare, this complication occurred in three patients in the Netherlands (all men, 53 to 65 years old) who received topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy in the...
Abstract Although mucocutaneous...
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Editorial
Editor`s Opinion: It’s All about the “E”
06/01/2009
Perfection is the child of time. — Bishop Joseph Hall (1574–1656)      Last April, thousands of wound care professionals attended the Spring 2009 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care. While most of the country focused on the economy and swine...
Perfection is the child of time. — Bishop Joseph Hall (1574–1656)      Last April, thousands of wound care professionals attended the Spring 2009 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care. While most of the country focused on the economy and swine...
Perfection is the child of time....
06/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study
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Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations
Special Report on MASD written by Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA; Siobhan McCoulough, CNS; and Patricia Idensohn, CNS.
Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing
Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.
The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
The supplement provides a brief overview of the Wound Hygiene Protocol, developed by ConvaTec, as well as a series of clinical cases presented by experts in their respective fields. These clinical cases challenge the reader to consider how to best approach the reported wound cases. 

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