Volume 51 - Issue 2 - February, 2005
Column
Editorial
02/01/2005
The year was 1999. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act to accelerate the drug approval process was 7 years old and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was busy implementing the 1997 FDA Modernization Act that included sweeping changes...
The year was 1999. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act to accelerate the drug approval process was 7 years old and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was busy implementing the 1997 FDA Modernization Act that included sweeping changes...
The year was 1999. The...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
02/01/2005
Dear Editor,
The paper by Anderson and Rappl (Lateral rotation mattresses for wound healing. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2004;50(4):50-62) that describes the effect of a rotating surface on pressure ulcer healing is particularly important in...
Dear Editor,
The paper by Anderson and Rappl (Lateral rotation mattresses for wound healing. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2004;50(4):50-62) that describes the effect of a rotating surface on pressure ulcer healing is particularly important in...
Dear Editor,
The paper by...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
02/01/2005
Among the most difficult challenges facing clinicians are selecting an appropriate pouching system for an ostomy patient and resolving a patient’s existing management problem. Modifications in pouching technique or product usage can...
Among the most difficult challenges facing clinicians are selecting an appropriate pouching system for an ostomy patient and resolving a patient’s existing management problem. Modifications in pouching technique or product usage can...
Among the most difficult...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
02/01/2005
Therapeutic Surfaces and Skin Temperature
Clinical studies have shown “good evidence of efficacy” of specialty beds, such as when comparing low-air-loss surfaces to standard foam mattresses, for the treatment of pressure ulcers.1...
Therapeutic Surfaces and Skin Temperature
Clinical studies have shown “good evidence of efficacy” of specialty beds, such as when comparing low-air-loss surfaces to standard foam mattresses, for the treatment of pressure ulcers.1...
Therapeutic Surfaces and Skin...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
