Volume 56 - Issue 10 - October, 2010
Feature
Empirical Studies
10/01/2010
Abstract
Innovative approaches to the prevention and treatment of foot wounds in persons with diabetes mellitus are needed and preliminary research suggests that exercise therapy may increase joint mobility and blood flow. A 12-week,...
Abstract
Innovative approaches to the prevention and treatment of foot wounds in persons with diabetes mellitus are needed and preliminary research suggests that exercise therapy may increase joint mobility and blood flow. A 12-week,...
Abstract
Innovative...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
10/01/2010
Abstract
Technological advances in recent decades have extended survival time of critically ill hospitalized patients but their unstable physiological state and limited mobility increase their risk for pressure ulcers. On two different...
Abstract
Technological advances in recent decades have extended survival time of critically ill hospitalized patients but their unstable physiological state and limited mobility increase their risk for pressure ulcers. On two different...
Abstract
Technological...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
10/01/2010
Abstract
To facilitate the implementation of evidence-based skin and pressure ulcer (PU) care practices and related staff education programs in a university hospital in Brazil, a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate nurses’...
Abstract
To facilitate the implementation of evidence-based skin and pressure ulcer (PU) care practices and related staff education programs in a university hospital in Brazil, a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate nurses’...
Abstract
To facilitate the...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
10/01/2010
New size dressings for cavity wounds
ConvaTec’s (Skillman,NJ) new, narrower Aquacel® and Aquacel® Ag Ribbon Dressings with strengthening fibers are now available in the US and select European countries. Intended for the management of...
New size dressings for cavity wounds
ConvaTec’s (Skillman,NJ) new, narrower Aquacel® and Aquacel® Ag Ribbon Dressings with strengthening fibers are now available in the US and select European countries. Intended for the management of...
New size dressings for cavity...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
10/01/2010
Exposed bone may be present with a wide variety of wounds ranging from pressure and neuropathic ulcers to surgical wounds. As in care of wounds without exposed bone, the goals to keep in mind in treating a wound with bone exposure are...
Exposed bone may be present with a wide variety of wounds ranging from pressure and neuropathic ulcers to surgical wounds. As in care of wounds without exposed bone, the goals to keep in mind in treating a wound with bone exposure are...
Exposed bone may be present...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
10/01/2010
A fungating tumor wound is characterized by ulcerations (breaks on the skin or organ surface) and necrosis (tissue death) and is usually accompanied by malodor as well as excess exudate, pain, and friable tissue. This type of lesion may...
A fungating tumor wound is characterized by ulcerations (breaks on the skin or organ surface) and necrosis (tissue death) and is usually accompanied by malodor as well as excess exudate, pain, and friable tissue. This type of lesion may...
A fungating tumor wound is...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
10/01/2010
Peristomal skin disorders can lead to patient frustration and poor quality of life, making early intervention and effective management paramount. A recent cross-sectional study by Herlufsen et al1 found that 45% of people with permanent...
Peristomal skin disorders can lead to patient frustration and poor quality of life, making early intervention and effective management paramount. A recent cross-sectional study by Herlufsen et al1 found that 45% of people with permanent...
Peristomal skin disorders can...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
10/01/2010
Without a doubt, great strides have been made in recent decades in surgical intervention for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. A wide variety of procedures exist — the vast majority involve one of several different...
Without a doubt, great strides have been made in recent decades in surgical intervention for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. A wide variety of procedures exist — the vast majority involve one of several different...
Without a doubt, great strides...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Editorial
10/01/2010
While people continue to debate — or argue in court — the need to reform health insurance coverage, the number of Americans going without it has increased substantially. In September, the US Census Bureau1 reported that the percentage of...
While people continue to debate — or argue in court — the need to reform health insurance coverage, the number of Americans going without it has increased substantially. In September, the US Census Bureau1 reported that the percentage of...
While people continue to...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Executive Spotlight
10/01/2010
Get to know 3M’s President of Skin & Wound Care, Paul Keel. 3M Skin & Wound Care is one of 3M Health Care’s flagship businesses that provides innovative, effective, skin-friendly solutions in several medical product segments...
Get to know 3M’s President of Skin & Wound Care, Paul Keel. 3M Skin & Wound Care is one of 3M Health Care’s flagship businesses that provides innovative, effective, skin-friendly solutions in several medical product segments...
Get to know 3M’s President of...
10/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
