Volume 56 - Issue 3 - March, 2010
Column
Editorial
03/01/2010
Until a few months ago, the work of the US Preventive Task Force — first convened by the US Public Health Service in 1984 — and the wide variety of their published guidelines had gone mostly unnoticed by the public. Then, the task...
Until a few months ago, the work of the US Preventive Task Force — first convened by the US Public Health Service in 1984 — and the wide variety of their published guidelines had gone mostly unnoticed by the public. Then, the task...
Until a few months ago, the...
03/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
03/01/2010
In a practice setting with a high incidence of diabetes and diabetic foot ulcers, patients often have numerous comorbidities. Utilizing best practice guidelines and building on our experience with our patient population, we use a...
In a practice setting with a high incidence of diabetes and diabetic foot ulcers, patients often have numerous comorbidities. Utilizing best practice guidelines and building on our experience with our patient population, we use a...
In a practice setting with...
03/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
03/01/2010
The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT, V.A.C. Therapy®, KCI, San Antonio, TX) has grown rapidly over recent years. The modality creates a healing-friendly environment by promoting the growth of granulation tissue and removing...
The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT, V.A.C. Therapy®, KCI, San Antonio, TX) has grown rapidly over recent years. The modality creates a healing-friendly environment by promoting the growth of granulation tissue and removing...
The use of negative...
03/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
03/01/2010
Optimizing a patient’s nutritional status is an integral part of modern medical care, particularly if the patient has a chronic wound. In order to determine the most appropriate medical nutrition therapy, a nutritional assessment is...
Optimizing a patient’s nutritional status is an integral part of modern medical care, particularly if the patient has a chronic wound. In order to determine the most appropriate medical nutrition therapy, a nutritional assessment is...
Optimizing a patient’s...
03/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
03/01/2010
Chronic constipation is quite common across the American population and responsible for 2.5 million physician office visits annually.1 Older people generally are more concerned with their bowel health than younger folks; they may be...
Chronic constipation is quite common across the American population and responsible for 2.5 million physician office visits annually.1 Older people generally are more concerned with their bowel health than younger folks; they may be...
Chronic constipation is...
03/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
