Volume 58 - Issue 6 - June 2012
Department
06/01/2012
The decision to recommend vitamin supplements to patients with wounds continues to be an open question for wound care and nutrition experts. Studies to date have not conclusively shown that routine multi- or individual vitamin...
The decision to recommend vitamin supplements to patients with wounds continues to be an open question for wound care and nutrition experts. Studies to date have not conclusively shown that routine multi- or individual vitamin...
The decision to recommend...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2012
The Health Belief Model (HBM) is one of the first and certainly the most enduring of theories aimed at explaining health behavior change by means of social cognition. Developed nearly a half-century ago by Irwin W. Rosenstock of the US...
The Health Belief Model (HBM) is one of the first and certainly the most enduring of theories aimed at explaining health behavior change by means of social cognition. Developed nearly a half-century ago by Irwin W. Rosenstock of the US...
The Health Belief Model (HBM)...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2012
”Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach for anything better.” – Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of modern nursing
As many wound, ostomy, and continence nurses would tell you, they don’t...
”Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach for anything better.” – Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of modern nursing
As many wound, ostomy, and continence nurses would tell you, they don’t...
”Were there none who were...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2012
2012 Corporate Sponsors
The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care expresses gratitude and deep appreciation to the following companies for their generous financial support in 2012. These companies are not only AAWC Members, but...
2012 Corporate Sponsors
The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care expresses gratitude and deep appreciation to the following companies for their generous financial support in 2012. These companies are not only AAWC Members, but...
2012 Corporate Sponsors
The...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2012
Over the past decade, the number of physicians indicating that wound care and management consumes an increasing and significant portion of their medical and/or surgical practices has increased dramatically. The need for a valued credential...
Over the past decade, the number of physicians indicating that wound care and management consumes an increasing and significant portion of their medical and/or surgical practices has increased dramatically. The need for a valued credential...
Over the past decade, the...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2012
SAWC thanks you for your dedication to wound care!
The annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring and SAWC Fall meetings are offering six wound care scholarships in association with several wound care organizations, as part of...
SAWC thanks you for your dedication to wound care!
The annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring and SAWC Fall meetings are offering six wound care scholarships in association with several wound care organizations, as part of...
SAWC thanks you for your...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
06/01/2012
Hydrofiber dressing introduced in Europe
ConvaTec (Skillman, NJ), announced the availability of AQUACEL® EXTRA™ wound dressing with strengthening fiber in certain countries in Europe. The company introduced the new dressing during the 22nd...
Hydrofiber dressing introduced in Europe
ConvaTec (Skillman, NJ), announced the availability of AQUACEL® EXTRA™ wound dressing with strengthening fiber in certain countries in Europe. The company introduced the new dressing during the 22nd...
Hydrofiber dressing introduced...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
06/01/2012
Abstract
Chronic wounds are an increasing health burden across the continuum of care and encountered by a wide variety of healthcare providers and physicians of all specialties. The majority of chronic wounds are caused by vascular...
Abstract
Chronic wounds are an increasing health burden across the continuum of care and encountered by a wide variety of healthcare providers and physicians of all specialties. The majority of chronic wounds are caused by vascular...
Abstract
Chronic wounds are...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
06/01/2012
Abstract
Various techniques for obtaining expedient aesthetic coverage of soft tissue defects with limited donor site morbidity have been developed, including the use of a dermal regeneration template (DRT) as the first step in a two-stage...
Abstract
Various techniques for obtaining expedient aesthetic coverage of soft tissue defects with limited donor site morbidity have been developed, including the use of a dermal regeneration template (DRT) as the first step in a two-stage...
Abstract
Various techniques...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Editorial
06/01/2012
It’s something unpredictable but in the end it’s right… — Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank E. Wright III, and Michael Pritchard for Green Day (from the song “Good Riddance")
The complexity of humans continues to confound, perplex, amaze, and...
It’s something unpredictable but in the end it’s right… — Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank E. Wright III, and Michael Pritchard for Green Day (from the song “Good Riddance")
The complexity of humans continues to confound, perplex, amaze, and...
It’s something unpredictable but...
06/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
