Volume 50 - Issue 9 - September, 2004
Department
09/01/2004
Medicare Surveyors' Guide to Pressure Ulcers Remains Under Review
At press time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had not completed the internal review and clearance of the Guidance to Surveyors of long-term care...
Medicare Surveyors' Guide to Pressure Ulcers Remains Under Review
At press time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had not completed the internal review and clearance of the Guidance to Surveyors of long-term care...
Medicare Surveyors' Guide to...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2004
Amputation of the lower limb is generally seen as an ominous event, with the potential for poor survival. Four-year survival rates have been estimated from 22% to 76% depending on a variety of factors.1 In a study of 1997 hospital...
Amputation of the lower limb is generally seen as an ominous event, with the potential for poor survival. Four-year survival rates have been estimated from 22% to 76% depending on a variety of factors.1 In a study of 1997 hospital...
Amputation of the lower limb...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
09/01/2004
Contemporary surgical techniques have revolutionized the therapy of persons affected by severe colorectal or urinary bladder disease.
Two approaches, ileoanal reservoir (IAR) and orthotopic bladder reconstruction (neobladder), have...
Contemporary surgical techniques have revolutionized the therapy of persons affected by severe colorectal or urinary bladder disease.
Two approaches, ileoanal reservoir (IAR) and orthotopic bladder reconstruction (neobladder), have...
Contemporary surgical...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2004
Continued from Part 1
Medical/Surgical Care Issues: IAR
Multiple medical and surgical care issues need to be addressed in the preoperative period. The patient is experiencing major pelvic surgery and must be prepared accordingly....
Continued from Part 1
Medical/Surgical Care Issues: IAR
Multiple medical and surgical care issues need to be addressed in the preoperative period. The patient is experiencing major pelvic surgery and must be prepared accordingly....
Continued from Part...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2004
The challenge of ostomy care and the very obese patient lies in the skill and planning required for successful physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery.1 Many experts believe that from the onset, the obese patient having surgery is at...
The challenge of ostomy care and the very obese patient lies in the skill and planning required for successful physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery.1 Many experts believe that from the onset, the obese patient having surgery is at...
The challenge of ostomy care...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2004
Stoma complications can be classified into five major categories based on either the etiology or location: Poor Siting, Stoma Proper, Peri-Intestinal Area, Mucocutaneous Junction, and Iatrogenic. The categories are a modification of the...
Stoma complications can be classified into five major categories based on either the etiology or location: Poor Siting, Stoma Proper, Peri-Intestinal Area, Mucocutaneous Junction, and Iatrogenic. The categories are a modification of the...
Stoma complications can be...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2004
Continued from Part 1
Bleeding. Bleeding, either superficial bleeding that does not stop spontaneously or excessive bleeding from the stoma usually at the mucocutaneous junction, must be differentiated from the occasional bleeding a...
Continued from Part 1
Bleeding. Bleeding, either superficial bleeding that does not stop spontaneously or excessive bleeding from the stoma usually at the mucocutaneous junction, must be differentiated from the occasional bleeding a...
Continued from Part 1
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09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2004
Ostomy surgery results in a dramatic alteration in elimination processes and body image - changes that impact both the patient and family. Peristomal skin complications further magnify this alteration, negatively affecting patient...
Ostomy surgery results in a dramatic alteration in elimination processes and body image - changes that impact both the patient and family. Peristomal skin complications further magnify this alteration, negatively affecting patient...
Ostomy surgery results in a...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2004
Canada is a vast, diverse, multicultural country comprised of 10 provinces and three territories, each of which has unique demographics and variances regarding the provision of and reimbursement for healthcare. Most Canadian enterostomal...
Canada is a vast, diverse, multicultural country comprised of 10 provinces and three territories, each of which has unique demographics and variances regarding the provision of and reimbursement for healthcare. Most Canadian enterostomal...
Canada is a vast, diverse,...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
09/01/2004
An estimated 750,000 Americans and 75,000 Canadians are living with an ostomy.1,2 Both the US and Canada have active wound ostomy continence nursing (WOCN) organizations and volunteer-based ostomy organizations (eg, the United Ostomy...
An estimated 750,000 Americans and 75,000 Canadians are living with an ostomy.1,2 Both the US and Canada have active wound ostomy continence nursing (WOCN) organizations and volunteer-based ostomy organizations (eg, the United Ostomy...
An estimated 750,000...
09/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
