Volume 55 - Issue 11 - November, 2009
Department
11/01/2009
Welcome to the November AAWC Special Issue of OWM!
The November issue of Ostomy Wound Management is our opportunity to tell readers about our organization. We encourage you to contact us at info@aawconline.org if you have questions or...
Welcome to the November AAWC Special Issue of OWM!
The November issue of Ostomy Wound Management is our opportunity to tell readers about our organization. We encourage you to contact us at info@aawconline.org if you have questions or...
Welcome to the November AAWC...
11/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
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Dehisced surgical wounds often create dilemmas for clinicians. Many factors can affect whether a surgical wound may dehisce. Some factors that determine wound closure success are nutrition, comorbidities, edema, smoking, and...
Dehisced surgical wounds often create dilemmas for clinicians. Many factors can affect whether a surgical wound may dehisce. Some factors that determine wound closure success are nutrition, comorbidities, edema, smoking, and...
Dehisced surgical wounds...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
11/01/2009
A healthy person can do a weight check by stepping on a bathroom scale. When a patient is infirm and unable to stand freely on a scale or has other medical problems, the process of obtaining a body weight measurement is not quite as...
A healthy person can do a weight check by stepping on a bathroom scale. When a patient is infirm and unable to stand freely on a scale or has other medical problems, the process of obtaining a body weight measurement is not quite as...
A healthy person can do a...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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Much has been published in the past decade about people living with overactive bladder (OAB), a term that did not exist before the 21st century. OAB was coined as a diagnosis category by pharmaceutical marketers trying to mainstream...
Much has been published in the past decade about people living with overactive bladder (OAB), a term that did not exist before the 21st century. OAB was coined as a diagnosis category by pharmaceutical marketers trying to mainstream...
Much has been published in...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
11/01/2009
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. - Dalai Lama
Irene Jankowski, MSN, APRN-BC, CWOCN has been a registered nurse since 1979. She later obtained a Masters of Science...
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. - Dalai Lama
Irene Jankowski, MSN, APRN-BC, CWOCN has been a registered nurse since 1979. She later obtained a Masters of Science...
If you want others to be happy,...
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Wound Management & Prevention
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Abstract: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a common and serious complication of diabetes mellitus. A review of the literature confirms that the presence of an unhealed DFU negatively affects several domains of patient quality of life (daily...
Abstract: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a common and serious complication of diabetes mellitus. A review of the literature confirms that the presence of an unhealed DFU negatively affects several domains of patient quality of life (daily...
Abstract: Diabetic foot ulcers...
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Wound Management & Prevention
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Abstract:
Despite numerous clinical efforts and regulatory mandates to reduce occurrence, pressure ulcers (PUs) continue to plague up to one fourth of patients in healthcare facilities. In 2003, staff and administrators of a 151-bed skilled...
Abstract:
Despite numerous clinical efforts and regulatory mandates to reduce occurrence, pressure ulcers (PUs) continue to plague up to one fourth of patients in healthcare facilities. In 2003, staff and administrators of a 151-bed skilled...
Abstract:
Despite numerous...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
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Abstract
The National Quality Forum has identified a pressure ulcer as a hospital-acquired condition (HAC) that is high-cost and high-volume and may be preventable with implementation of evidence-based guidelines. The Center for Medicare and...
Abstract
The National Quality Forum has identified a pressure ulcer as a hospital-acquired condition (HAC) that is high-cost and high-volume and may be preventable with implementation of evidence-based guidelines. The Center for Medicare and...
Abstract
The National Quality...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
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Abstract:
Sarcoidosis — a chronic, multisystem disease of unknown etiology characterized by noncaseating granulomas — may cause ulcerative lesions, particularly in African American women. A case of ulcerative sarcoidosis mimicking a venous...
Abstract:
Sarcoidosis — a chronic, multisystem disease of unknown etiology characterized by noncaseating granulomas — may cause ulcerative lesions, particularly in African American women. A case of ulcerative sarcoidosis mimicking a venous...
Abstract:
Sarcoidosis — a...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
11/01/2009
Traditionally, the November issue of Ostomy Wound Management includes peer-reviewed articles from several AAWC members and extended news of our organization. This year is no exception. Article topics — reducing pressure ulcer prevalence...
Traditionally, the November issue of Ostomy Wound Management includes peer-reviewed articles from several AAWC members and extended news of our organization. This year is no exception. Article topics — reducing pressure ulcer prevalence...
Traditionally, the November...
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Wound Management & Prevention
