Volume 54 - Issue 6 - June, 2008
Column
Guest Editorial
06/20/2008
As an individual (not a representative of any organization), I am concerned that misconceptions about evidence-based medicine (EBM) are confusing wound care professionals. Most importantly, this confusion has the potential to reduce the...
As an individual (not a representative of any organization), I am concerned that misconceptions about evidence-based medicine (EBM) are confusing wound care professionals. Most importantly, this confusion has the potential to reduce the...
As an individual (not a...
06/20/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
06/20/2008
Dressing selection is an important part of a comprehensive wound care regimen that involves proper diagnosis, debridement/excision of necrosis, restoring circulation, and providing secondary measures, such as offloading or compression. As...
Dressing selection is an important part of a comprehensive wound care regimen that involves proper diagnosis, debridement/excision of necrosis, restoring circulation, and providing secondary measures, such as offloading or compression. As...
Dressing selection is an...
06/20/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
06/20/2008
Topical negative pressure (TNP) is a non-pharmaceutical technique for the treatment of complex, acute, chronic, infected or non-infected wounds.1-10 Reported adverse effects include pain10 – which most often occurs when the dressing is...
Topical negative pressure (TNP) is a non-pharmaceutical technique for the treatment of complex, acute, chronic, infected or non-infected wounds.1-10 Reported adverse effects include pain10 – which most often occurs when the dressing is...
Topical negative pressure...
06/20/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Literature Review
06/20/2008
A survey of the Fort Worth Ostomy Association found the majority of the members are > 65 years of age. Many have had their ostomies for more than two decades.1 Thus, people who have had significant bowel resections such as ileostomies,...
A survey of the Fort Worth Ostomy Association found the majority of the members are > 65 years of age. Many have had their ostomies for more than two decades.1 Thus, people who have had significant bowel resections such as ileostomies,...
A survey of the Fort Worth...
06/20/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
06/20/2008
Kristin Waldrop, PT, DPT
Ann Serfass, PTA
More than 2 million burns occur in the US annually.1 More than 500,000 burn patients are treated as outpatients and approximately 40,000 require hospitalization.2,3 Burns are classified by depth of tissue damage. Superficial burns damage the...
More than 2 million burns occur in the US annually.1 More than 500,000 burn patients are treated as outpatients and approximately 40,000 require hospitalization.2,3 Burns are classified by depth of tissue damage. Superficial burns damage the...
More than 2 million burns occur...
06/20/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
06/20/2008
Redesigned system maintains skin condition and reduces the risk of pressure ulcers
ConvaTec (Princeton, NJ) announced its Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System, a temporary containment device for immobilized and incontinent patients with...
Redesigned system maintains skin condition and reduces the risk of pressure ulcers
ConvaTec (Princeton, NJ) announced its Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System, a temporary containment device for immobilized and incontinent patients with...
Redesigned system maintains skin...
06/20/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
06/20/2008
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy often causes a loss of protective sensation (LOPS) that can lead to an increased risk for falls, foot wounds, or amputation.1-7 Loss of protective sensation is defined as insensitivity at two or more sites on...
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy often causes a loss of protective sensation (LOPS) that can lead to an increased risk for falls, foot wounds, or amputation.1-7 Loss of protective sensation is defined as insensitivity at two or more sites on...
Diabetic peripheral...
06/20/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
06/20/2008
Providing care for patients with challenging wounds and comorbidities requires an open mind. When Ms. T, an elderly woman with schizophrenia and a chronic diabetic foot ulcer that was not responding to treatment, presented at Victory...
Providing care for patients with challenging wounds and comorbidities requires an open mind. When Ms. T, an elderly woman with schizophrenia and a chronic diabetic foot ulcer that was not responding to treatment, presented at Victory...
Providing care for patients...
06/20/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
