Volume 52 - Issue 10 - October, 2006

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Obesity: Changing the Face of Geriatric Care

10/01/2006

Obese Americans exhibit varying forms and degrees of impairment in activities of daily living simply because of their increased body weight, suggesting a relationship between increased body weight and functional limitation.1 As these...

Obese Americans exhibit...

10/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Lower Extremity Malignancies Masquerading as Ulcers

10/01/2006

An ulcer is an area of epidermal and/or dermal loss that may extend to muscle or bone.1 In individuals >65 years old, lower extremity ulcers are a common reason for evaluation by the podiatrist, wound care specialist, primary care...

An ulcer is an area of...

10/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Nutrition and Aging: A Transdisciplinary Approach

10/01/2006

A Significant Problem The elderly population is increasing. Because physical, social, and psychological factors may predispose this population to decreased nutritional status, healthcare providers should be aware of the care implications...

A Significant Problem The...

10/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Falls and Patient Safety for Older Adults

10/01/2006

America is “graying.” Currently, the elderly (65 years of age and older) represent 12.4% of the US population, with nearly 1.8% over age 85.1 It is anticipated that by the year 2020 more than 20% of the population will be older than 65...

America is “graying.”...

10/01/2006

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New Products and Industry News

10/01/2006

Educational program trains, empowers, and develops core competencies Coloplast (Marietta, Ga) has launched an award-winning, accredited modular educational program, “Skin: the Vital Organ.” This program is designed to develop specific skin...

Educational program trains,...

10/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

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The Ostomy Files: The Modernity of Ostomy

10/01/2006

There is nothing past for which one may yearn, there is only an eternal newness which is shaped by the wider elements of the past and true nostalgia has always to be productive to create a new excellence. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A...

There is nothing past for which...

10/01/2006

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My Scope of Practice: Salvaging Feet, Limbs‚Ä¶ and Hope

10/01/2006

Thanks to clinicians like Stanley Kalish, DPM, FACFAS, and his disciple, Brent Bernstein, DPM, FACFAS, people with foot abnormalities and wounds no longer face certain amputation. Over the past 15 years, advances in podiatry and wound care...

Thanks to clinicians like...

10/01/2006

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Skin Matters: Pain from Skin and Wound Conditions: Part 2

10/01/2006

Part 1 of this article provided a general approach to skin and wound pain and included a guide to managing painful skin and wound conditions. Part 2 presents a detailed conceptual model that considers pain specific to particular types of...

Part 1 of this article...

10/01/2006

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Editorial

Can We Talk?: Lessons Learned by Communicating

10/01/2006

On August 23, our local newspaper, Commercial Appeal, published an article that caught my eye. The article, “Bedsore Know-How is Lacking,” briefly summarized an article published on the same day in the Journal of the American Medical...

On August 23, our local...

10/01/2006

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Guest Editorial: The Challenges of Geriatric Care

10/01/2006

Many geriatric patients will develop wounds that heal slowly or fail to heal altogether. Structural changes associated with aging of the skin may predispose persons to poor wound healing. In the epidermis the dermo-epidermal junction may...

Many geriatric patients will...

10/01/2006

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

Study to determine if the use of a new dressing protocol applied by advanced practice certified wound care nurses at the patient’s residence could be effective in rapid wound resolution.

Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations

Special Report on MASD written by Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA; Siobhan McCoulough, CNS; and Patricia Idensohn, CNS.

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

The supplement provides a brief overview of the Wound Hygiene Protocol, developed by ConvaTec, as well as a series of clinical cases presented by experts in their respective fields. These clinical cases challenge the reader to consider how to best approach the reported wound cases.

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