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Volume 49 - Issue 5 - May, 2003 Supplement

Feature

Empirical Studies
Pressure Ulcers and Infection – Understanding Clinical Features
05/01/2003
K nown since antiquity, pressure ulcers represent substantial morbidity, major costs to society, and great human suffering.1,2 In one 3-month follow-up study of patients with pressure ulcers,3 a mortality rate of 35% was noted. Addressing...
K nown since antiquity, pressure ulcers represent substantial morbidity, major costs to society, and great human suffering.1,2 In one 3-month follow-up study of patients with pressure ulcers,3 a mortality rate of 35% was noted. Addressing...
K nown since antiquity, pressure...
05/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Bacterial Swabs and the Chronic Wound: When, How, and What Do They Mean
05/01/2003
T he ability to diagnose infection in chronic wounds should be a well-honed clinical skill grounded in knowledge of human physiology, immunology, and microbiology. Instead, it has become a topic mired in controversy. Although it has been...
T he ability to diagnose infection in chronic wounds should be a well-honed clinical skill grounded in knowledge of human physiology, immunology, and microbiology. Instead, it has become a topic mired in controversy. Although it has been...
T he ability to diagnose...
05/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Topical Antimicrobials
05/01/2003
T he clinician treating chronic wounds is faced with the dilemma of when to use topical agents - either antibiotics or other antiseptic agents - and when to use systemic antibiotics or related antibacterial compounds. When a patient with a...
T he clinician treating chronic wounds is faced with the dilemma of when to use topical agents - either antibiotics or other antiseptic agents - and when to use systemic antibiotics or related antibacterial compounds. When a patient with a...
T he clinician treating chronic...
05/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
A Scientific Perspective on the Use of Topical Silver Preparations
05/01/2003
T he use of silver as an antimicrobial agent reaches back into antiquity, when people first learned that water stored in silver vessels kept better than water stored in other types of containers. Those who settled the American west placed...
T he use of silver as an antimicrobial agent reaches back into antiquity, when people first learned that water stored in silver vessels kept better than water stored in other types of containers. Those who settled the American west placed...
T he use of silver as an...
05/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Systemic Antimicrobial Therapies for Pressure Ulcers
05/01/2003
I n chronic wounds, an altered balance among the number of organisms present, their virulence, and host resistance leads to bacterial infection. Infected chronic wounds may manifest with a friable bright red granulating wound bed, localized...
I n chronic wounds, an altered balance among the number of organisms present, their virulence, and host resistance leads to bacterial infection. Infected chronic wounds may manifest with a friable bright red granulating wound bed, localized...
I n chronic wounds, an altered...
05/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Wound Bed Preparation: Future Approaches
05/01/2003
W ith acceptance of the concept wound bed preparation comes the understanding that many different methods and procedures that were being used for the treatment of chronic wounds now can be incorporated in a unified approach. Reviewing the...
W ith acceptance of the concept wound bed preparation comes the understanding that many different methods and procedures that were being used for the treatment of chronic wounds now can be incorporated in a unified approach. Reviewing the...
W ith acceptance of the concept...
05/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Editorial
Introduction to Bacteria and Pressure Ulcers: The Role of Silver versus Traditional antimicrobials
05/01/2003
T his supplement is based on the satellite symposium proceedings of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Meeting, held in Budapest on September 19, 2002. Gary Sibbald, MD, (Canada) and Marco Romanelli, MD, PhD, (Italy) chaired the...
T his supplement is based on the satellite symposium proceedings of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Meeting, held in Budapest on September 19, 2002. Gary Sibbald, MD, (Canada) and Marco Romanelli, MD, PhD, (Italy) chaired the...
T his supplement is based on the...
05/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention

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The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
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