Volume 57 - Issue 8 - August 2011
Feature
Empirical Studies
08/01/2011
Abstract
Clinicians are interested in options for delivering community-based wound care. Studies have largely focused on nurse clinics as an alternative to people receiving wound care at home. A prospective, two-arm, cohort study of...
Abstract
Clinicians are interested in options for delivering community-based wound care. Studies have largely focused on nurse clinics as an alternative to people receiving wound care at home. A prospective, two-arm, cohort study of...
Abstract
Clinicians are...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
08/01/2011
Abstract
Many chronic wounds have a limited blood supply and contain necrotic tissue that must be debrided. The effect of collagenase, an enzymatic debriding agent, has been studied in acute but not in chronic wounds. The purpose of this...
Abstract
Many chronic wounds have a limited blood supply and contain necrotic tissue that must be debrided. The effect of collagenase, an enzymatic debriding agent, has been studied in acute but not in chronic wounds. The purpose of this...
Abstract
Many chronic wounds...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
08/01/2011
Abstract
A refined in vivo artificial wound model utilizing artificial wound fluid (AWF) was developed to overcome important limitations such as adhesive-skin interactions, movement, pressure, shear, and varying environmental conditions in...
Abstract
A refined in vivo artificial wound model utilizing artificial wound fluid (AWF) was developed to overcome important limitations such as adhesive-skin interactions, movement, pressure, shear, and varying environmental conditions in...
Abstract
A refined in vivo...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
08/01/2011
The soaring prevalence of obesity in the past decade has forced healthcare providers to pay increasing attention to the unique needs of the obese patient.
Not the least of these needs is skin care and the risk of moisture-associated skin...
The soaring prevalence of obesity in the past decade has forced healthcare providers to pay increasing attention to the unique needs of the obese patient.
Not the least of these needs is skin care and the risk of moisture-associated skin...
The soaring prevalence of...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
08/01/2011
Pearls for Practice is made possible through the support of Ferris Mfg. Corp, Burr Ridge, IL (www.polymem.com). The opinions and statements of the clinicians providing Pearls for Practice are specific to the respective authors and are not...
Pearls for Practice is made possible through the support of Ferris Mfg. Corp, Burr Ridge, IL (www.polymem.com). The opinions and statements of the clinicians providing Pearls for Practice are specific to the respective authors and are not...
Pearls for Practice is made...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
08/01/2011
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) conducted a survey in 2007 to determine the extent of complementary and alternative medicine use in America.1 The...
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) conducted a survey in 2007 to determine the extent of complementary and alternative medicine use in America.1 The...
The National Center for Health...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
08/01/2011
Aletha Tippett, MD, is a wound consultant in solo practice and President of The Hope of Healing Foundation®, an organization dedicated to limb salvage and wound healing (visit: www.hopeofhealing.org/). Among Dr. Tippett’s more recent...
Aletha Tippett, MD, is a wound consultant in solo practice and President of The Hope of Healing Foundation®, an organization dedicated to limb salvage and wound healing (visit: www.hopeofhealing.org/). Among Dr. Tippett’s more recent...
Aletha Tippett, MD, is a wound...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
08/01/2011
New Products
Barrier cream samples offered through social media site
3M Skin & Wound Care, a division of 3M (St. Paul, MN), is offering a sampling program for its new Fragrance Free version of 3M™ Cavilon™ Durable Barrier Cream through...
New Products
Barrier cream samples offered through social media site
3M Skin & Wound Care, a division of 3M (St. Paul, MN), is offering a sampling program for its new Fragrance Free version of 3M™ Cavilon™ Durable Barrier Cream through...
New Products
Barrier cream...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Editorial
08/01/2011
We all know that quality care starts with quality education. Have you done a basic wound education or wound care certification search lately? How about new wound care products? You read a peer-reviewed journal, which indicates you know how...
We all know that quality care starts with quality education. Have you done a basic wound education or wound care certification search lately? How about new wound care products? You read a peer-reviewed journal, which indicates you know how...
We all know that quality care...
08/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
