Volume 58 - Issue 11 - November 2012
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
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Wound healing is the result of dynamic interactive processes that begin at the moment of wounding and involve soluble mediators, many cell types, and extracellular matrices.1 When a wound proceeds through an orderly and timely reparative...
Wound healing is the result of dynamic interactive processes that begin at the moment of wounding and involve soluble mediators, many cell types, and extracellular matrices.1 When a wound proceeds through an orderly and timely reparative...
Wound healing is the result of...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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‘Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after. — William Shakespeare
At 7 years old, Debra (Debbie) Siddi, now RN, CWON, knew she wanted to be a nurse. She charted her course through life accordingly. She didn’t wait...
‘Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after. — William Shakespeare
At 7 years old, Debra (Debbie) Siddi, now RN, CWON, knew she wanted to be a nurse. She charted her course through life accordingly. She didn’t wait...
‘Tis not enough to help the...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) has accomplished something few associations can achieve. Over the last year-and-a-half, membership in the AAWC has increased 45%. That number speaks volumes. Our leadership’s careful...
The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) has accomplished something few associations can achieve. Over the last year-and-a-half, membership in the AAWC has increased 45%. That number speaks volumes. Our leadership’s careful...
The Association for the...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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Considering the wide choice of prescription drugs on the market for overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and urinary frequency, one might wonder why yet another has received US Food and Drug...
Considering the wide choice of prescription drugs on the market for overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and urinary frequency, one might wonder why yet another has received US Food and Drug...
Considering the wide choice of...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) is pleased to present an extended news and information section for this year’s AAWC Focus Issue of OWM. We hope we arouse your interest in our organization and that you will decide to...
The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) is pleased to present an extended news and information section for this year’s AAWC Focus Issue of OWM. We hope we arouse your interest in our organization and that you will decide to...
The Association for the...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
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Welcome to the Annual AAWC focus issue of OWM. It is my pleasure to provide an overview of the affairs of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC). As the first podiatrist President of the AAWC and with support from the...
Welcome to the Annual AAWC focus issue of OWM. It is my pleasure to provide an overview of the affairs of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC). As the first podiatrist President of the AAWC and with support from the...
Welcome to the Annual AAWC...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Editorial
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Pressure ulcers are a serious cause of morbidity and cost across all healthcare settings in the United States.1 They are more likely to occur among the elderly, and because the US population age 65 years and older is expected to double...
Pressure ulcers are a serious cause of morbidity and cost across all healthcare settings in the United States.1 They are more likely to occur among the elderly, and because the US population age 65 years and older is expected to double...
Pressure ulcers are a serious...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
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Abstract
Although no reports of adverse events have been published to date, the presence of metallic dressing ingredients may present an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) safety concern for patients using silver-containing wound dressings....
Abstract
Although no reports of adverse events have been published to date, the presence of metallic dressing ingredients may present an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) safety concern for patients using silver-containing wound dressings....
Abstract
Although no reports...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
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Abstract
Linear porokeratosis is one of the infrequent variants of porokeratosis, a rare disorder of keratinization that may develop into several epidermal malignancies, among them squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical surveillance for...
Abstract
Linear porokeratosis is one of the infrequent variants of porokeratosis, a rare disorder of keratinization that may develop into several epidermal malignancies, among them squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical surveillance for...
Abstract
Linear porokeratosis...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
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Abstract
The earlobe often is used to monitor perfusion when pulse oximeter signal quality is impaired in the fingers and toes. Prompted by intermittent occurrences of roughly circular earlobe pressure ulcers among patients in intensive...
Abstract
The earlobe often is used to monitor perfusion when pulse oximeter signal quality is impaired in the fingers and toes. Prompted by intermittent occurrences of roughly circular earlobe pressure ulcers among patients in intensive...
Abstract
The earlobe often is...
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Wound Management & Prevention
