Volume 54 - Issue 3 - March, 2008
Column
03/01/2008
More than one million burn injuries occur in the US annually, resulting in more than 500,000 emergency department visits and 40,000 hospitalizations.1 While most burns can be treated on an outpatient basis,2 treatment can be difficult...
More than one million burn injuries occur in the US annually, resulting in more than 500,000 emergency department visits and 40,000 hospitalizations.1 While most burns can be treated on an outpatient basis,2 treatment can be difficult...
More than one million burn...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Literature Review
03/01/2008
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article: https://www.naccme.com/program/N-250/
Western society promotes pleasant fragrances. Cleaning products, soaps, perfumes, deodorants, and the like are formulated to evoke...
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article: https://www.naccme.com/program/N-250/
Western society promotes pleasant fragrances. Cleaning products, soaps, perfumes, deodorants, and the like are formulated to evoke...
Please click here for the full...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
03/01/2008
Potential ulcer treatment approved
Tissue Therapies Limited (Brisbane, Australia) has gained approval from the Trafalgar Ethics Board in Toronto, Canada to proceed with human clinical trials of VitroGro® for the treatment of diabetic and...
Potential ulcer treatment approved
Tissue Therapies Limited (Brisbane, Australia) has gained approval from the Trafalgar Ethics Board in Toronto, Canada to proceed with human clinical trials of VitroGro® for the treatment of diabetic and...
Potential ulcer treatment...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
03/01/2008
Andover Healthcare: Booth 310
Andover Healthcare, a leading manufacturer of cohesive bandages, has supplied the healthcare industry with high quality products since 1976. Committed to new and innovative technology, Andover distributes its...
Andover Healthcare: Booth 310
Andover Healthcare, a leading manufacturer of cohesive bandages, has supplied the healthcare industry with high quality products since 1976. Committed to new and innovative technology, Andover distributes its...
Andover Healthcare: Booth...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
03/01/2008
Dollars alone do not represent the true price of gauze or any other wound care product. Clinicians and purchasing agents must consider product performance, efficacy, patient safety, potential negative outcomes, and liability. To ensure that...
Dollars alone do not represent the true price of gauze or any other wound care product. Clinicians and purchasing agents must consider product performance, efficacy, patient safety, potential negative outcomes, and liability. To ensure that...
Dollars alone do not represent...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Literature Review
03/01/2008
Venous ulcers affect up to 2.5 million patients per year in the United States and account for 80% to 90% of all lower extremity ulcers.1 Treatment is estimated to cost $2.5 million dollars and two million work days per year.1,2 In a Markov...
Venous ulcers affect up to 2.5 million patients per year in the United States and account for 80% to 90% of all lower extremity ulcers.1 Treatment is estimated to cost $2.5 million dollars and two million work days per year.1,2 In a Markov...
Venous ulcers affect up to 2.5...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Editorial
03/01/2008
This true story is a case study in a culture that kills tens of thousands and hurts hundreds of thousands every year.
A frail, elderly, malnourished woman was admitted to the hospital by her cardiologist. On one of my visits, I found...
This true story is a case study in a culture that kills tens of thousands and hurts hundreds of thousands every year.
A frail, elderly, malnourished woman was admitted to the hospital by her cardiologist. On one of my visits, I found...
This true story is a case...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
03/01/2008
Silver is an effective, broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent commonly incorporated into topical creams (eg, silver sulfadiazine)1-11 and wound dressings to manage wound infection. Despite the medical benefits of using ionic silver to manage...
Silver is an effective, broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent commonly incorporated into topical creams (eg, silver sulfadiazine)1-11 and wound dressings to manage wound infection. Despite the medical benefits of using ionic silver to manage...
Silver is an effective,...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
03/01/2008
Accurate and clinically relevant wound assessment is an important if challenging aspect of wound management.1 Wound assessment terminology is not uniform and continues to inspire questions regarding wound assessment techniques. Clinicians...
Accurate and clinically relevant wound assessment is an important if challenging aspect of wound management.1 Wound assessment terminology is not uniform and continues to inspire questions regarding wound assessment techniques. Clinicians...
Accurate and clinically...
03/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
