Volume 49 - Issue 10 - October, 2003

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Notes on Practice: An Interesting Side Effect of Home Oxygen Therapy

10/01/2003

The concept of oxygen as a therapeutic agent was initially proposed by Alvin Barach in the 1920s.1 Well-conducted clinical trials have clearly demonstrated major therapeutic benefit for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary...

The concept of oxygen as a...

10/01/2003

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New Products and Industry News

10/01/2003

Company acquired Egan Group ( St. Louis, Mo.), the St. Louis-based medical device management services firm, announced it has completed its acquisition of Trademark Medical Inc., of Fenton, Mo. A manufacturer and distributor of unique...

Company acquired Egan Group...

10/01/2003

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The Ostomy Files: Managing Oversight of Colostomy Irrigation in Long Term-Care

10/01/2003

Today's nursing homes are under constant and ever-increasing scrutiny by federal and state regulators, payors, and consumers. The bar is continuously ratcheted up for improved quality of care and better financial and clinical outcomes. The...

Today's nursing homes are...

10/01/2003

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Addressing the Pain: Chronic Wound Pain and Palliative Cancer Care

10/01/2003

Patients with malignant wounds experience distressing complications including pain, odor, exudate, bleeding, edema, emotional distress, social concerns, functional compromise, and complications (ie, infection and fistulas).1 Life...

Patients with malignant...

10/01/2003

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Fall Update

10/01/2003

Fairness of Home Health Payments for Ostomy and Wound Care Supplies Questioned In an effort to incentivize home health agencies (HHAs) to control their costs of care and use of supplies, a prospective payment system (PPS) was established...

Fairness of Home Health Payments...

10/01/2003

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My Scope of Practice: Lieutenant Colonel Opts for Private (Practice)

10/01/2003

Joy E. Schank, RNC, MSN, APN, CWOCN, is an Army brat. Her dad was in the military and signed up all three of his children for their own tours of duty. One brother served as a medic, the other served in the signal corps, and Joy became a...

Joy E. Schank, RNC, MSN, APN,...

10/01/2003

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Empirical Studies

Improving Accuracy of Wound Measurement in Clinical Practice

10/01/2003

Measurement of wounds is an important component of the wound assessment process and has the potential to provide baseline measurements, monitor healing rates, and differentiate between wounds that are static, deteriorating, or improving....

Measurement of wounds is an...

10/01/2003

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Long-Term Outcomes of Full-Thickness Pressure Ulcers: Healing and Mortality

10/01/2003

Despite advances in preventive interventions such as pressure-reduction surfaces, risk assessment scales, and improved knowledge of prevention techniques, pressure ulcers continue to occur in healthcare facilities. Pressure ulcer...

Despite advances in...

10/01/2003

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Hydrogel Wound Dressings: Where Do We Stand in 2003?

10/01/2003

A new era in wound care is under way in which the old one-size-fits-all approach to dressing selection has given way to individualized treatment based upon the needs of the particular patient and wound assessment findings. Advanced wound...

A new era in wound care is...

10/01/2003

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Guest Editorial: Hidden in Plain Sight

10/01/2003

The challenges of providing quality chronic wound care in today's healthcare environment have been well delineated by multiple authors. Generally, clinician authors concur that the chronic wound experience is multifactorial in nature and...

The challenges of providing...

10/01/2003

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study

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Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations

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Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing

Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.

The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds

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