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Medical Device–related Pressure Injury Due to Urinary Catheterization: A Case Report

12/01/2022

Brenda K. Woodmansee, DNP

Jennifer A. Anderson, DNP, CNL-BC

This case report describes a 93-year-old patient who sustained medical device–related pressure injury secondary to indwelling urinary catheter placement for urinary retention. The patient had prostate cancer and pneumonia. He received an...

This case report describes a...

12/01/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Report

Healing of a Chronic Pressure Injury in a Patient Treated With Medical Cannabis for Pain and Sleep Improvement: A Case Report

10/04/2021

Patrick L. Diaz, BSc, PhD

Talia M. Katz

Amanda C. Langleben

Brenden S. Rabinovitch

Evan Cole Lewis, MD

A 37-year-old patient with multiple comorbidities and a chronic pressure injury (PI) received cannabis treatment for pain management and sleep disturbance. The patient reported less pain and improved sleep. The PI, which had steadily worsened...

A 37-year-old patient with...

10/04/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Report

Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Kerstersia gyiorum Isolated From a Chronic Wound in Brazil: A Case Report

10/01/2020

Bruna Maiara Ferreira Barreto Pires, BSN, PhD

Beatriz Guitton Renaud Baptista de Oliveira, BSN, PhD

Fernanda Pessanha de Oliveira, BSN, PhD

Keila de Cássia Ferreira de Almeida Silva, BSc, MSc

Pedro F. Del Peloso, BSc, MSc

Bernadete Teixeira Ferreira-Carvalho, BSc, PhD

Geraldo Renato de Paula, BSc, PhD

Lenise Arneiro Teixeira, BSc, PhD

This is the first reported case, to the authors’ knowledge, of ciprofloxacin-resistant Kerstersia gyiorum in a lower leg wound in Brazil.

This is the first reported case,...

10/01/2020

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Study

Wound Clinic Case Study: Fracture Blister

12/10/2018

With this new series, Today’s Wound Clinic offers wound care case studies directly from outpatient centers. Each entry will share the patient’s history, factors affecting healing, wound assessment, interventions, and overall findings. The...

With this new series, Today’s...

12/10/2018

Today's Wound Clinic

Case Study

Secondary-Prevention Patient with High DFTs: A Case Study for a High-Output ICD

12/09/2016

Jo Ann LeQuang

With numerous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) available to the clinician, selecting the appropriate device for a given patient requires specific and individualized consideration.

With numerous implantable...

12/09/2016

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

Implementing a Convergent Procedure Program: Tips for Building a Hybrid Team

12/09/2016

Kristen Pope, BSN, RN and Cheri McConnell, RTR, RCES, RCIS
WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Raleigh, North Carolina

Kristen Pope, BSN, RN and Cheri McCon...

In the United States, there are roughly 2.7 million Americans living with atrial fibrillation (AF).1 Treatment for AF includes medical treatment, cardioversion, heart ablation, and/or any combination of treatments. The most important goal in...

In the United States, there are...

12/09/2016

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Unipolar LV Pacing with Bipolar Lead Vectors: One Center’s Chance Finding of Presumed Insulation Degradation

06/17/2016

Lynn Brewer, CCDS, Kelly Fritsch,
Jill Repoley, MSN, CRNP, CCDS, CEPS, FHRS
The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health - Penn Medicine
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lynn Brewer, CCDS, Kelly Fritsch, Jil...

We report a case of presumed unipolar LV lead insulation degradation resulting in an atypical impedance pattern and LV capture from non-existing bipolar pacing vectors.

We report a case of presumed...

06/17/2016

EP Lab Digest

Feature

Polymeric Membrane Dressings for Topical Wound Management of Patients With Infected Wounds in a Challenging Environment: A Protocol With 3 Case Examples

06/14/2016

Linda L. Benskin, PhD, RN

06/14/2016

Wound Management & Prevention

Tips and Techniques

Utilizing a GPS-Based Imaging System for Reduced Fluoro and Successful Implantation of a CRT-D Device in a Previously Failed CRT Implant

05/03/2016

Cesar D. Garcia, MS, BAS, RCIS, RT(R)(CI)(ARRT), Director of Cardiac Services, and Deborah Williams, RN, BSN, CEPS, Supervisor of Cath Lab and Electrophysiology
HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Cesar D. Garcia, MS, BAS, RCIS, RT(R)...

This case study is an example of how a GPS-based imaging system (MediGuide) can be used with innovative tools to systematically reduce fluoroscopy times in routine and complex CRT device implants.

This case study is an example of...

05/03/2016

EP Lab Digest