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PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: A Hydroconductive Dressing as a Potential Alternative to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
05/01/2012
  Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) involves the controlled application of subatmospheric pressure to the local wound environment using a sealed wound dressing connected to a vacuum pump.1 This therapy can help convert an open wound into...
  Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) involves the controlled application of subatmospheric pressure to the local wound environment using a sealed wound dressing connected to a vacuum pump.1 This therapy can help convert an open wound into...
  Negative pressure wound...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Discovering Hydroconductive Dressings
04/01/2012
  Topical therapy is one of the most confounding issues in wound care. Currently, more than 50 different classes of dressings and more than 3,000 products are available to clinicians. Each has various properties designed to enhance the body’s...
  Topical therapy is one of the most confounding issues in wound care. Currently, more than 50 different classes of dressings and more than 3,000 products are available to clinicians. Each has various properties designed to enhance the body’s...
  Topical therapy is one of the...
04/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Peristomal Skin and Ostomy Care
10/01/2011
  A stoma is an opening and an ostomy is a surgically created opening, either temporary or permanent, used to divert the flow of stool or urine. A pouch collects the urine or stool and has a solid skin barrier, also referred to as a wafer,...
  A stoma is an opening and an ostomy is a surgically created opening, either temporary or permanent, used to divert the flow of stool or urine. A pouch collects the urine or stool and has a solid skin barrier, also referred to as a wafer,...
  A stoma is an opening and an...
10/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and Heel Ulcers
09/01/2011
  Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) increases the ability of the blood to carry and deliver oxygen to the tissues. Patients receiving HBOT breathe 100% oxygen while under increased atmospheric pressure, much like scuba diving. HBOT is provided...
  Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) increases the ability of the blood to carry and deliver oxygen to the tissues. Patients receiving HBOT breathe 100% oxygen while under increased atmospheric pressure, much like scuba diving. HBOT is provided...
  Hyperbaric oxygen therapy...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Cellulitis and Wound Management
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
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Protecting the Skin from Moisture
07/13/2011
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...
07/13/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Tube Site Care
06/07/2011
  Enteral feeding tubes have become commonplace at facilities caring for pediatric patients who have swallowing disorders or digestion problems. Among the many tubes available, the three main types are balloon tip, percutaneous endoscopic...
  Enteral feeding tubes have become commonplace at facilities caring for pediatric patients who have swallowing disorders or digestion problems. Among the many tubes available, the three main types are balloon tip, percutaneous endoscopic...
  Enteral feeding tubes have...
06/07/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Preventing Stage I Pressure Ulcers
05/09/2011
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...
05/09/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Moist Wound Healing
04/10/2011
  Moisture is a key component for keeping every cell in the body alive and functioning. The concept moist wound healing originated in 1962 when George Winter discovered that epithelialization would proceed twice as fast in a moist environment...
  Moisture is a key component for keeping every cell in the body alive and functioning. The concept moist wound healing originated in 1962 when George Winter discovered that epithelialization would proceed twice as fast in a moist environment...
  Moisture is a key component...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Skin Tears: Keeping It Together
03/04/2011
  Skin tears are traumatic wounds caused by a separation of the epidermis and dermis. These two skin layers are joined together by a wave-like basement membrane that prevents sliding. As the skin ages, this membrane flattens, allowing the...
  Skin tears are traumatic wounds caused by a separation of the epidermis and dermis. These two skin layers are joined together by a wave-like basement membrane that prevents sliding. As the skin ages, this membrane flattens, allowing the...
  Skin tears are traumatic...
03/04/2011
Wound Management & Prevention

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