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Volume 48 - Issue 5 - May, 2002

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
Relieving Pain during Dressing Changes in the Elderly
05/02/2002
   Sensory processing of painful stimuli does not change as we age. The widespread belief among clinicians is that pain tolerance decreases with age and that the elderly tend to increase their complaints over minor painful experiences. In...
   Sensory processing of painful stimuli does not change as we age. The widespread belief among clinicians is that pain tolerance decreases with age and that the elderly tend to increase their complaints over minor painful experiences. In...
   Sensory processing of painful...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Editorial
Editor`s Opinion: Healthcare as Hobson`s Choice
05/02/2002
   Many years ago, when the phrases market-based reform and consumer-driven healthcare first surfaced, I couldn’t help but envision people flipping frantically through the Yellow Pages™ of healthcare while being wheeled into an ambulance. I...
   Many years ago, when the phrases market-based reform and consumer-driven healthcare first surfaced, I couldn’t help but envision people flipping frantically through the Yellow Pages™ of healthcare while being wheeled into an ambulance. I...
   Many years ago, when the...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Dressing for Use in Malodorous, Exuding Wounds
05/02/2002
   Patients with chronic wounds - for example, pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, gangrenous wounds, and fungating malignant wounds - are at risk of developing body malodor.1 Although exuding, malodorous wounds are a difficult clinical problem,2...
   Patients with chronic wounds - for example, pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, gangrenous wounds, and fungating malignant wounds - are at risk of developing body malodor.1 Although exuding, malodorous wounds are a difficult clinical problem,2...
   Patients with chronic wounds...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Double-Blind Study of a Moisturizer for Xerosis of the Feet in Patients with Diabetes
05/02/2002
   The loss of moisture from the stratum corneum and intercellular matrix leads to dry skin, or xerosis. Clinically dry skin appears rough, uneven, and cracked. Raised or uplifted skin edges (scaling), desquamation (flaking), chapping, and...
   The loss of moisture from the stratum corneum and intercellular matrix leads to dry skin, or xerosis. Clinically dry skin appears rough, uneven, and cracked. Raised or uplifted skin edges (scaling), desquamation (flaking), chapping, and...
   The loss of moisture from the...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Managing Wound Pain in Patients with Vacuum-Assisted Closure Devices
05/02/2002
   To cure - occasionally. To relieve - often. To comfort - always. - Ancient Greek Epigram    Patients with complex wounds treated with the vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device (Kinetic Concepts, Inc., San Antonio, Tex.) may or may not...
   To cure - occasionally. To relieve - often. To comfort - always. - Ancient Greek Epigram    Patients with complex wounds treated with the vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device (Kinetic Concepts, Inc., San Antonio, Tex.) may or may not...
   To cure - occasionally. To...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
New Products and Industry News
05/02/2002
Nursing research scholarship awarded    ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Princeton, NJ) approved funding for the study, "Assessment of Adults for Pressure Ulcers in the Long-Term Care Setting", for Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, CS,...
Nursing research scholarship awarded    ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Princeton, NJ) approved funding for the study, "Assessment of Adults for Pressure Ulcers in the Long-Term Care Setting", for Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, CS,...
Nursing research scholarship...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
The Health of Home Health Care
05/02/2002
   Toward the end of last year, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) published three reports1-3 on how the home health industry was managing after Medicare?s home healthcare prospective...
   Toward the end of last year, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) published three reports1-3 on how the home health industry was managing after Medicare?s home healthcare prospective...
   Toward the end of last year,...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
The Ostomy Files: The Importance of Coordinating Ostomy Care and Teaching Across Settings
05/02/2002
   Ostomy rehabilitation is dependent on the mastery of self-care.1 The mastery of self-care is dependent on the quality, quantity, and consistency of patient teaching. In addition to being an essential element of ostomy rehabilitation,...
   Ostomy rehabilitation is dependent on the mastery of self-care.1 The mastery of self-care is dependent on the quality, quantity, and consistency of patient teaching. In addition to being an essential element of ostomy rehabilitation,...
   Ostomy rehabilitation is...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
My Scope of Practice: No Small Potatoes: Managing a Complex Wound with a Stoma
05/02/2002
   Jetta Tressel, RN, BS, CWOCN, of Idaho, faced a challenge - a 22-cm midline abdominal incision started out as a wound, then presented as a transverse loop stoma. How could healing be achieved and feces be kept separated from the wound?  ...
   Jetta Tressel, RN, BS, CWOCN, of Idaho, faced a challenge - a 22-cm midline abdominal incision started out as a wound, then presented as a transverse loop stoma. How could healing be achieved and feces be kept separated from the wound?  ...
   Jetta Tressel, RN, BS, CWOCN,...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Notes on Practice: Healing a Wound with an Exposed Herrington Rod: A Case Study
05/02/2002
   The development of chronic wounds in spinal cord patients represents a particularly challenging dilemma because of the high rate of wound recurrence. Initial surgical management limits the options for operative treatment of the recurrent...
   The development of chronic wounds in spinal cord patients represents a particularly challenging dilemma because of the high rate of wound recurrence. Initial surgical management limits the options for operative treatment of the recurrent...
   The development of chronic...
05/02/2002
Wound Management & Prevention

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