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Volume 48 - Issue 4 - April, 2002

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Ethics
Recognizing Spiritual Distress
04/01/2002
   The literature has long established that chronically ill people are likely to suffer emotionally as well as physically. To date, little has been discovered about the concept of spiritual suffering or, more specifically, spiritual distress....
   The literature has long established that chronically ill people are likely to suffer emotionally as well as physically. To date, little has been discovered about the concept of spiritual suffering or, more specifically, spiritual distress....
   The literature has long...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
Woundoscopy: A New Technique For Examining Deep, Nonhealing Wounds
04/01/2002
   Classical evaluation of a wound consists of descriptors of location, size (length, width, and depth), presence or absence of drainage, odor, and swelling. A description of the periwound is also important with regard to swelling, color, and...
   Classical evaluation of a wound consists of descriptors of location, size (length, width, and depth), presence or absence of drainage, odor, and swelling. A description of the periwound is also important with regard to swelling, color, and...
   Classical evaluation of a...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
A Premature Infant with Skin Injury Successfully Treated with Bilayered Cellular Matrix
04/01/2002
   Skin is an important body component that performs many critical functions. First in the line of defense for the immune system, skin helps protect the body from invasion by potentially dangerous substances.1 Body temperature regulation is...
   Skin is an important body component that performs many critical functions. First in the line of defense for the immune system, skin helps protect the body from invasion by potentially dangerous substances.1 Body temperature regulation is...
   Skin is an important body...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
Efficacy of Pulsed Low-Intensity Ultrasound in Wound Healing: A Single-Case Design
04/01/2002
   The presence of pressure ulcers in elderly patients is a widespread problem that results in considerable healthcare costs.1-3 For example, the incidence of Stage II and worse pressure ulcers has been reported to be more than 30% in nursing...
   The presence of pressure ulcers in elderly patients is a widespread problem that results in considerable healthcare costs.1-3 For example, the incidence of Stage II and worse pressure ulcers has been reported to be more than 30% in nursing...
   The presence of pressure...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
A Comprehensive Program to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Long-Term Care: Exploring Costs and Outcomes
04/01/2002
   Pressure ulcers contPressure ulcers continue to be prevalent and costly for long-term care facilities. A recent document published by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel revealed a pressure ulcer incidence rate of 2.2% to 23.9% in...
   Pressure ulcers contPressure ulcers continue to be prevalent and costly for long-term care facilities. A recent document published by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel revealed a pressure ulcer incidence rate of 2.2% to 23.9% in...
   Pressure ulcers contPressure...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Outcomes of Subatmospheric Pressure Dressing Therapy on Wounds of the Diabetic Foot
04/01/2002
   Diabetic foot wounds commonly proceed to lower extremity amputation. They have been identified as the key component in nearly nine in 10 of these ablative procedures.1 Clearly, healing these wounds in as rapidly a manner as possible may...
   Diabetic foot wounds commonly proceed to lower extremity amputation. They have been identified as the key component in nearly nine in 10 of these ablative procedures.1 Clearly, healing these wounds in as rapidly a manner as possible may...
   Diabetic foot wounds commonly...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
My Scope of Practice: The Power of Many, The Power of Two
04/01/2002
   When the patient is also a professional peer, treatment has the potential to get... complicated. But Laurie Rappl, PT, CWS, is one patient and peer who is grateful for the care she receives from fellow ET nurse Laura Shafer, RNC, BSN,...
   When the patient is also a professional peer, treatment has the potential to get... complicated. But Laurie Rappl, PT, CWS, is one patient and peer who is grateful for the care she receives from fellow ET nurse Laura Shafer, RNC, BSN,...
   When the patient is also a...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Notes on Practice: Reducing Epibole Using Topical Hyperbaric Oxygen and Electrical Stimulation
04/01/2002
History    Seventy-seven-year-old Ms. G was admitted to Manor Oak Life Center, Buffalo, NY, on July 24, 2000 with a diagnosis of sacral pressure ulcer, anemia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, hypertension, and fractured left forearm. She had...
History    Seventy-seven-year-old Ms. G was admitted to Manor Oak Life Center, Buffalo, NY, on July 24, 2000 with a diagnosis of sacral pressure ulcer, anemia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, hypertension, and fractured left forearm. She had...
History  ...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Selected Abstracts from the SAWC: The 15th Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care & 12th Medical Research Forum on Wound Repair
04/01/2002
Zinc/iron solution stimulates epithelialization of acute partial thickness wounds Alex Cazzaniga, BS; Stephen Davis, BS; and Patricia Mertz, BA, University of Miami School of Medicine Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Miami,...
Zinc/iron solution stimulates epithelialization of acute partial thickness wounds Alex Cazzaniga, BS; Stephen Davis, BS; and Patricia Mertz, BA, University of Miami School of Medicine Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Miami,...
Zinc/iron solution stimulates...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Letter from the Editor
From the Editor: An April Valentine
04/01/2002
   As a layperson who, despite 27 years of motherhood, has an aversion to dealing with body fluids, I am in awe of the reports of achievement in care and healing that cross my desk each month. I respect the dedication and diligence required...
   As a layperson who, despite 27 years of motherhood, has an aversion to dealing with body fluids, I am in awe of the reports of achievement in care and healing that cross my desk each month. I respect the dedication and diligence required...
   As a layperson who, despite...
04/01/2002
Wound Management & Prevention

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The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
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