Volume 54 - Issue 9 - September, 2008
Column
Guest Editorial
09/01/2008
In August 2007, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) endorsed a policy of nonpayment for Stage III and Stage IV hospital-acquired pressure ulcers effective October 2008.1 Policy has an interesting way of shaping both science...
In August 2007, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) endorsed a policy of nonpayment for Stage III and Stage IV hospital-acquired pressure ulcers effective October 2008.1 Policy has an interesting way of shaping both science...
In August 2007, the Center for...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
09/01/2008
A clean, beefy-red wound bed often represents a good sign of wound healing. However, many interventions may be necessary before a wound reaches this point. As a general surgeon, I am often asked to consult on wounds that clearly require...
A clean, beefy-red wound bed often represents a good sign of wound healing. However, many interventions may be necessary before a wound reaches this point. As a general surgeon, I am often asked to consult on wounds that clearly require...
A clean, beefy-red wound bed...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
09/01/2008
Pain is an unpleasant physical and emotional experience that plays a key role in the lives of people with chronic wounds.1-3 It is well documented that the majority of patients with chronic wounds suffer from moderate to severe pain for a...
Pain is an unpleasant physical and emotional experience that plays a key role in the lives of people with chronic wounds.1-3 It is well documented that the majority of patients with chronic wounds suffer from moderate to severe pain for a...
Pain is an unpleasant...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2008
Ostomy Wound Management congratulates the the 2008 World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) Congress Lifetime Achievement honorees. Their contributions to the advancement of wound management underscore their passion for their scope of...
Ostomy Wound Management congratulates the the 2008 World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) Congress Lifetime Achievement honorees. Their contributions to the advancement of wound management underscore their passion for their scope of...
Ostomy Wound Management...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
09/01/2008
Acute infection of surgical incision sites often requires specialized wound care in preparation for surgical closure. Optimal therapy for preparing such wounds for a secondary closure procedure remains uncertain. The authors report wound...
Acute infection of surgical incision sites often requires specialized wound care in preparation for surgical closure. Optimal therapy for preparing such wounds for a secondary closure procedure remains uncertain. The authors report wound...
Acute infection of surgical...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
09/01/2008
Nonwoven silver antimicrobial dressing is absorbent, minimizes pain
Mölnlycke Health Care (Norcross, Ga) introduces Melgisorb® Ag — a new antimicrobial ionic silver dressing. The dressing is a nonwoven pad composed of alginate, CMC fibers,...
Nonwoven silver antimicrobial dressing is absorbent, minimizes pain
Mölnlycke Health Care (Norcross, Ga) introduces Melgisorb® Ag — a new antimicrobial ionic silver dressing. The dressing is a nonwoven pad composed of alginate, CMC fibers,...
Nonwoven silver antimicrobial...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
09/01/2008
Mobility impairment is an unintentional and largely unrecognized consequence of injection drug use (IDU). This impaired mobility in combination with other potential pathologic changes to the veins, muscles, and joints of the lower legs from...
Mobility impairment is an unintentional and largely unrecognized consequence of injection drug use (IDU). This impaired mobility in combination with other potential pathologic changes to the veins, muscles, and joints of the lower legs from...
Mobility impairment is an...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2008
Abstract
The nutritional requirements of healthy people differ from those who have chronic wounds and while it is generally suggested that the nutritional status of persons with chronic wounds must be addressed, actual data about the...
Abstract
The nutritional requirements of healthy people differ from those who have chronic wounds and while it is generally suggested that the nutritional status of persons with chronic wounds must be addressed, actual data about the...
Abstract
The nutritional...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2008
Abstract
Abdominal wound dehiscence is a major postoperative complication with a high mortality rate. Although the mainstay of management is immediate operative reclosure, critically ill patients are better served by conservative temporary...
Abstract
Abdominal wound dehiscence is a major postoperative complication with a high mortality rate. Although the mainstay of management is immediate operative reclosure, critically ill patients are better served by conservative temporary...
Abstract
Abdominal wound...
09/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
