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Volume 50 - Issue 11 - November, 2004

Department
11/01/2004
 Sales and distribution agreement reached     Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex.) an affiliate company of DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (San Antonio, Tex.) and Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) a biopharmaceutical company developing...
 Sales and distribution agreement reached     Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex.) an affiliate company of DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (San Antonio, Tex.) and Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) a biopharmaceutical company developing...
 Sales and distribution...
11/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
11/01/2004
    Pressure ulcers are present in 1.6 million patients in the acute care setting.1 The estimated average cost to manage a pressure ulcer is $37,000, which includes additional nursing time, supplies for dressings, medications, nutritional...
    Pressure ulcers are present in 1.6 million patients in the acute care setting.1 The estimated average cost to manage a pressure ulcer is $37,000, which includes additional nursing time, supplies for dressings, medications, nutritional...
    Pressure ulcers are present...
11/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention

Department

Letters to the Editor
11/01/2004
Disclosure concern Dear Editor,     The article “Preparing the wound bed 2003 — focus on infection and inflammation” (Ostomy/Wound Management. 2003;49[11]:24–51) has raised some concerns. First, it should be noted that a good portion of the...
Disclosure concern Dear Editor,     The article “Preparing the wound bed 2003 — focus on infection and inflammation” (Ostomy/Wound Management. 2003;49[11]:24–51) has raised some concerns. First, it should be noted that a good portion of the...
Disclosure concern Dear...
11/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
11/01/2004
    A pressure ulcer is any lesion caused by pressure resulting in damage of underlying tissue.1 At least 3 million adults in the US are reported to have pressure ulcers yearly.2 Pressure ulcers can have a devastating impact on health and...
    A pressure ulcer is any lesion caused by pressure resulting in damage of underlying tissue.1 At least 3 million adults in the US are reported to have pressure ulcers yearly.2 Pressure ulcers can have a devastating impact on health and...
    A pressure ulcer is any...
11/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention