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Volume 53 - Issue 8 - August, 2007

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Empirical Studies
Misconceptions about Protein Requirements for Wound Healing: Results of a Prospective Study
08/01/2007
  The importance of nutrition for wound prevention and healing is well established.1-5 Formulas such as the Harris-Benedict equation6 currently used to determine initial amounts of protein necessary utilize weight, height, age, and gender...
  The importance of nutrition for wound prevention and healing is well established.1-5 Formulas such as the Harris-Benedict equation6 currently used to determine initial amounts of protein necessary utilize weight, height, age, and gender...
  The importance of nutrition...
08/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Implementing a Wound Care Resource Nurse Program
08/01/2007
  Clinicians in Ontario are continually challenged to provide quality patient care despite decreasing resources. Innovative programs that support patient-centered care, staff satisfaction, and nurse outcomes are needed, especially with regard...
  Clinicians in Ontario are continually challenged to provide quality patient care despite decreasing resources. Innovative programs that support patient-centered care, staff satisfaction, and nurse outcomes are needed, especially with regard...
  Clinicians in Ontario are...
08/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
Stomal Varices: A Rare Cause of Stomal Hemorrhage: A Report of Three Cases
08/01/2007
  Stomal bleeding is usually caused by trauma,1,2 skin excoriation, and stomal ulceration2 and typically controlled by local measures that include local pressure, silver nitrate application, injection sclerotherapy, and suture ligation of the...
  Stomal bleeding is usually caused by trauma,1,2 skin excoriation, and stomal ulceration2 and typically controlled by local measures that include local pressure, silver nitrate application, injection sclerotherapy, and suture ligation of the...
  Stomal bleeding is usually...
08/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
TheSAWC Highlights: 20th Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care & The Wound Healing Society Meeting April 28 – May 1, 2007 Tampa Convention Center
08/01/2007
  For its 20th anniversary, the SAWC met in Tampa, FL, a city rich in history, not to mention sunshine, shopping, and sports. Tampa was originally settled as an Indian fishing village — tribes native to the area called the village by the bay...
  For its 20th anniversary, the SAWC met in Tampa, FL, a city rich in history, not to mention sunshine, shopping, and sports. Tampa was originally settled as an Indian fishing village — tribes native to the area called the village by the bay...
  For its 20th anniversary, the...
08/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
New Products and Industry News
08/01/2007
Postoperative antimicrobial barrier dressing manages risk infection   Smith & Nephew Wound Management (Largo, FL) introduces ACTICOAT® Post-Op, a silver-coated antimicrobial barrier dressing designed to help manage infection risk...
Postoperative antimicrobial barrier dressing manages risk infection   Smith & Nephew Wound Management (Largo, FL) introduces ACTICOAT® Post-Op, a silver-coated antimicrobial barrier dressing designed to help manage infection risk...
Postoperative antimicrobial...
08/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
The Ostomy Files: An Alternative Solution for Difficult-to-Manage Colostomies in the Descending and Sigmoid Colon
08/01/2007
  One of the most challenging issues associated with colostomy management is an improperly cited stoma, which may occur as the result of the absence of preoperative stoma site marking, emergency surgery, postoperative weight gain, or attempts...
  One of the most challenging issues associated with colostomy management is an improperly cited stoma, which may occur as the result of the absence of preoperative stoma site marking, emergency surgery, postoperative weight gain, or attempts...
  One of the most challenging...
08/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
My Scope of Practice: Giving the Gift of Time
08/01/2007
Time discovers truth. – Seneca (philosopher, mid-first century AD)   A physician’s assistant specializing in urology, Esther McCorkindale, PA-C, believes the key to providing good care is time – most importantly, the time to listen. Recently...
Time discovers truth. – Seneca (philosopher, mid-first century AD)   A physician’s assistant specializing in urology, Esther McCorkindale, PA-C, believes the key to providing good care is time – most importantly, the time to listen. Recently...
Time discovers truth. – Seneca...
08/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Guest Editorial
Guest Editorial: Interprofessional Wound Caring and the IWC Model©
08/01/2007
  Through the years, wound care practice models have evolved from a group of individuals working in management “silos” to multidisciplinary teams and finally to integrated interprofessional teams. The interprofessional approach became the...
  Through the years, wound care practice models have evolved from a group of individuals working in management “silos” to multidisciplinary teams and finally to integrated interprofessional teams. The interprofessional approach became the...
  Through the years, wound care...
08/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study
Study to determine if the use of a new dressing protocol applied by advanced practice certified wound care nurses at the patient’s residence could be effective in rapid wound resolution.
Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations
Special Report on MASD written by Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA; Siobhan McCoulough, CNS; and Patricia Idensohn, CNS.
Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing
Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.
The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
The supplement provides a brief overview of the Wound Hygiene Protocol, developed by ConvaTec, as well as a series of clinical cases presented by experts in their respective fields. These clinical cases challenge the reader to consider how to best approach the reported wound cases. 

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