Volume 48 - Issue 4 - April, 2002

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Letter from the Editor

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...

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...

04/01/2002

Wound Management & Prevention

Department

From Proposal to Patient: How CMS Makes Coverage Decisions

04/01/2002

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence J. Peter A product takes a long, expensive, and rigorous journey to go from a manufacturer’s think tank...

Some problems are so complex...

04/01/2002

Wound Management & Prevention

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New Products and Industry News

04/01/2002

Diabetes patient education site launched ECRI (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) launched the Sharon H. Limaye Center for Diabetes Technology Assessment and Patient Education website (www.ecri.org/limaye). Designed for use by people with diabetes...

Diabetes patient education site...

04/01/2002

Wound Management & Prevention

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The Ostomy Files: New HCPCS Codes for Ostomy Supplies

04/01/2002

Last year, the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services reported on an investigation into balance billing.1 Medicare beneficiaries with ostomies were experiencing more of a financial burden for the cost of...

Last year, the Office of...

04/01/2002

Wound Management & Prevention

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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...

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 ...

04/01/2002

Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

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...

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...

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...

04/01/2002

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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